Dates

• Existence: 1839 - 1911

Biography

Aeneas J.G. Mackay (1839-1911). Educated at the Edinburgh Academy, at King's College London and the Universities of Oxford, Heidelberg and Edinburgh, he held the Chair of Constitutional History at the University of Edinburgh from 1874 until 1881. He was awarded an LLD by the University in 1882 and founded the Scottish History Society in 1885. He devoted the rest of his life to the practice of law, notably as Sheriff of Fife and Kinross from 1886 until 1901, as well as farming and forestry.

He bequeathed his collection to the University of Edinburgh of some 4,000 volumes mainly on history, literature and law but also including items on many other subjects. Scottish books feature strongly but there are also key works in French and English literature, including a copy of Spenser’s 1611 'Faerie Queene'.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

MS 44: Book of Hours (Use of Sens), c 1400

 Item

Identifier: MS 44

Contents Book of Hours (Use of Sens) in Latin from the 15th century, of French origin.Kalendar (in French): starts f.1Sequences of the Gospels (in Latin): starts .13. It consists of two sections starting with the following words: In principio erat, which goes until f.14, and In ill tempore missus, which is from f.14 verso to f.15 verso.Hours of...

Dates: c 1400

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

MS 207: Composite manuscript containing sixteen texts including the Regiam Majestatem, 15th century

 Item

Identifier: MS 207

Contents This 15th-century Scottish manuscript contains a collection of texts about Scottish law, which seem to have been compiled by the same scribe, with some additions in a later hand. The contents are as follows:ff. 1r-5v: Rubrics for the Regiae Majestatemff. 6r-7r: Compositio Carte, exceptiones contra cartam, expositiones quorundam vocabiliorumff. 8r-63v: Regiam...

Dates: 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts