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 2 Collections and/or Records:
MS 155: Composite manuscript containing five texts , 13th-14th century
Item
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