Erskine, James, 1722-1796 (Lord Barjarg and Alva | Scottish lawyer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1723 - 1796
Biography
James Erskine, Lord Barjarg and Alva (1723–13-May 1796) was the son of Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald. He was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. He is buried in St Cuthbert's churchyard, Edinburgh.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
MS 89: Composite manuscript including eight texts, 12th-14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 89
Contents
Contains eight texts written in different hands (at least seven), and at different periods.ff. 1r-63v: 'Salutatio' by Albuinus Eremita or Presbyter [De Virtutibus]f. 63v: Verses and sentencesff. 64r-82r: ‘Meditaciones’ by Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux [Meditatio]f. 82v: Sermonff. 83r-88v: ‘Soliloquium de Arrha Animae’ by Hugh of Saint Victorf. 89r: ‘De Spirituali Amicitia’ [incomplete] by Aelred of Rievaulxff....
Dates:
12th-14th century
MS 94: Composite manuscript including five texts, 12th-13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 94
Contents
Contains five texts, in several different hands.ff. 1r-28r: Homilies entitled De Laudibus Virginis Matris by Bernard of Clairvauxff. 28v-42r: Sermonsff. 43r-53r: Corpus Iuris Civilis [incomplete]ff. 53v-54r: Song Spe Mercedis et Corone (lyrics and musical...
Dates:
12th-13th century
MS 95: Composite manuscript including five texts, 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 95
Contents
Contains five texts, in several different hands.ff. 1r-3v: short sermonsff. 4r-63v: compilation of religious passagesff. 64r-116r: sermonsff. 117r-133r: ‘Flores in Contemplationem’ by Pseudo(?)-Augustineff. 133v-140r: Anonymous sermonThe texts are described separately, under MS 95/ff. 1r-3v; MS 95/ff. 4r-63v; MS 95/ff. 64r-116r; MS 95/ff. 117r-133r; and MS 95/ff. 133v-140r. ...
Dates:
14th century
MS 107: Composite manuscript including twenty-four texts, 13th-14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 107
Contents
Contains twenty-four texts, in two different hands. This manuscript was made in England and dates from the 13th-14th century; the texts are various religious tracts in Latin, Old French, and Middle English.Flyleaves: Unidentified Latin text and the start of a Contents list in a 17th-century handff. 1r-28v: De Miseria Condicionis Humane (On the wretchedness of the human condition) by Pope Innocent...
Dates:
13th-14th century
MS 141: Composite manuscript including six texts, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 141
Contents
MS 141 contains six texts, mostly in the same hand, with the exception of f. 1. The specific folios containing these texts are listed below, and the texts are described separately under these headings.
ff. 1r-v: A tabula, seemingly beginning on f. 1v, and ending on 1r (bound on the wrong side)
ff. 2r-v: A misplaced leaf, should follow f. 27 in this manuscript
ff. 3r-5r:...
Dates:
15th century
MS 149: Composite manuscript containing two texts (plus insertions), 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 149
Contents
Contains one text bound together with a collection of documents, in different hands.f. 1r-27v: 'Provinciale' by William Lyndwoodf. 29r-32v: Copies of a document concerning forms of absolution of the 15th centuryf. 30r also contains 12 lines of English and Latin verse and also a copy of a document dated at Stamford, 1481, concerning a Lincolnshire will.The texts are described...
Dates:
15th century
MS 155: Composite manuscript containing five texts , 13th-14th century
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Identifier: MS 155
Contents
This manuscript was created in the 13th or 14th century and the hand seems to be Italian. It features a collection of legal texts, focussed on Roman law. They could all be connected to the Corpus Juris Civilis, a legal text compiled by Justinian, traditionally known as Justinian the Great, who the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565. It seems that the texts in this manuscript have been lifted from another manuscript, as some of them start and end...
Dates:
13th-14th century
MS 174: Composite manuscript including eight texts, 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 174
Contents
Contains eight texts bound together, in the same or very similar hands.ff. 1r-17r: Signa Prognostica by Ricardus Anglicusff. 17r-v: Unidentified fragment, beginning with the words Digestiva media... on f. 17r and ending on the verso of the same folio with: de digestis [?] sufficiant.F. 18 is blank...
Dates:
14th century