Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1692-1695, collected late 17th century, by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall.
Scope and Contents
A volume of Lord Fountainhall’s notes of decisions from 1 November 1692 to 28 February 1695. It is marked by the author ‘P.P’. At the beginning are Thomas Crawfurd’s notes on Buchanan.
At the end is ‘A judgement censure & opinion of sundrie books containing also a collection of some remarkable passages thereof – 1679 – an intimation of the Journal des Sçavans’ (57 pages) by Fountainhall.
Dates
- Creation: 1692-1695.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
254 Leaves ; Small quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
70 + 380 + 57 pages.
Other Finding Aids
The description is based on the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. II. Law" (F.R.185).
Other Finding Aids
There is a table of contents at the beginning of the volume(70 pages).
Custodial History
The manuscript was presented to the Advocates Library, 1744, by Henry Home, afterwards, Lord Kames.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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