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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