TY - JOUR
T1 - The Transmission and Use of the Collected Legal Decisions of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Scotland
AU - Wilson, Adelyn L. M.
N1 - 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.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1093/library/19.3.325
DO - 10.1093/library/19.3.325
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 325
EP - 359
JO - The Library
JF - The Library
SN - 1744-8581
IS - 3
ER -
