The textual tradition of Stair's Institutions, with reference to the title 'Of Liberty and Servitude'
Wilson, Adelyn L. M.; MacQueen, Hector L., ed. (2015) The textual tradition of Stair's Institutions, with reference to the title 'Of Liberty and Servitude'. In: Miscellany VII. Stair Society Annual Publications Series . Stair Society, Edinburgh, pp. 1-124. ISBN 9781872517292 (https://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/9781872517292.1)
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Abstract
This article examines the textual tradition of Stair’s Institutions of the Law of Scotland with particular reference to his title ‘Of Liberty and Servitude’. It first catalogues the manuscript copies of Stair’s Institutions known to be held in Scottish libraries. The article thereafter examines the nature of the manuscript tradition, taking account of scribal practice and the circulation of manuscript texts in the seventeenth century.
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Wilson, Adelyn L. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-6799; MacQueen, Hector L.-
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 89806 Dates: DateEvent14 October 2015PublishedSubjects: History General and Old World > Great Britain > Scotland Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 02 Jul 2024 08:38 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 15:33 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89806