The Transmission and Use of the Collected Legal  Decisions of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington in  Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Scotland

Adelyn L. M. Wilson

doi:10.1093/library/19.3.325

The Transmission and Use of the Collected Legal Decisions of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Scotland

Adelyn L. M. Wilson

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Abstract

This article examines the textual transmission of the collected legal decisions (or practicks) of the sixteenth-century Scottish judge, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington. It applies the method of stemmatology to the twenty extant manuscript texts to reveal their interrelationships and the manner of the text's transmission. It also shows how the copies’ owners amended the text, which in turn reveals both their interests in and use of it. Finally, it shows that the significant and deliberate amendments to a copy of the text by one owner, compounded by problems in the transmission of one branch of the text descended from his copy, entirely changed contemporary perceptions of the collection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-359
Number of pages	35
Journal	The Library
Volume	19
Issue number	3
Early online date	14 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/library/19.3.325
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2018

Bibliographical note

The author wishes to thank: the Bibliographical Society for their support of this research with a Major Grant Award; Professor John Ford, Professor Gero Dolezalek and Dr Andrew Gordon for reading earlier drafts of this article; Professor Dolezalek for sharing his notes on some of the manuscripts with her; the Keepers and staff of the Aberdeen, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Glasgow University Libraries, Advocates Library, British Library, National Library of Scotland, National Records of Scotland and Signet Library for allowing her access to their collections; and the Yale University Beinecke Library for providing her with a digital copy of their manuscript Osborn fb 246.

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Library following peer review. The version of record Adelyn L M Wilson; The Transmission and Use of the Collected Legal Decisions of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Scotland, The Library, Volume 19, Issue 3, 1 September 2018, Pages 325–359 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/library/19.3.325.
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The Transmission and Use of the Collected Legal Decisions of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Scotland

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