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INTRODUCTION
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novices and procurators alike must swear to maintain the
inviolability of the seals.
After many other omissions from the full German statutes,
the Scottish book next adopts the German regulations for the
election of the bedellus. He is to be chosen by a small com¬
mittee of the nation, and approved by the rector and the
college, or teaching staff. He must swear to be loyal and
obedient to his nation ; to reveal no secrets ; to call no private
meetings; to be no party to any alienation of the seals; and
to inform against novices who have neglected to take the
oath.
Those of the German statutes that appear in the book of
the Scottish nation seem to possess a general character, which
was probably common to the statutes of all the nations, and
which would therefore justify their adoption by the Scots.
For the full text of these statutes reference may be made to
M. Fournier’s great collection or to his excellent monograph
already mentioned.
Those statutes and documents which are specifically Scottish
are of more immediate interest to the student of Scottish
history. Most of them speak for themselves, but they may
be prefaced by a few words of explanation.
The first of these purely Scottish documents, dating from
1397, marks the solicitude of the nation for the maintenance
of its authority and its finances. For the purchase of a mace
and a book of the nation, and for other expenses, all Scottish
students, whether intending to graduate or not, are required
to contribute four Parisian solidi to the funds of the nation.
The same solicitude appears in the oath to be taken by the
procurator, in the first of the following documents. This oath
differs from that imposed by the German statute in respect
that the Scottish procurator has to swear not to administer
the oath to novitii, or to deliver their diplomas to graduands,
until he has seen the treasurer’s receipts for the four solidi
payable by them in each case. He must also swear to sue for
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novices and procurators alike must swear to maintain the
inviolability of the seals.
After many other omissions from the full German statutes,
the Scottish book next adopts the German regulations for the
election of the bedellus. He is to be chosen by a small com¬
mittee of the nation, and approved by the rector and the
college, or teaching staff. He must swear to be loyal and
obedient to his nation ; to reveal no secrets ; to call no private
meetings; to be no party to any alienation of the seals; and
to inform against novices who have neglected to take the
oath.
Those of the German statutes that appear in the book of
the Scottish nation seem to possess a general character, which
was probably common to the statutes of all the nations, and
which would therefore justify their adoption by the Scots.
For the full text of these statutes reference may be made to
M. Fournier’s great collection or to his excellent monograph
already mentioned.
Those statutes and documents which are specifically Scottish
are of more immediate interest to the student of Scottish
history. Most of them speak for themselves, but they may
be prefaced by a few words of explanation.
The first of these purely Scottish documents, dating from
1397, marks the solicitude of the nation for the maintenance
of its authority and its finances. For the purchase of a mace
and a book of the nation, and for other expenses, all Scottish
students, whether intending to graduate or not, are required
to contribute four Parisian solidi to the funds of the nation.
The same solicitude appears in the oath to be taken by the
procurator, in the first of the following documents. This oath
differs from that imposed by the German statute in respect
that the Scottish procurator has to swear not to administer
the oath to novitii, or to deliver their diplomas to graduands,
until he has seen the treasurer’s receipts for the four solidi
payable by them in each case. He must also swear to sue for
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| Description | Contents: The Scottish king's household and other fragments from a 14th century manuscript / Mary Bateson -- The Scottish nation in the University of Orleans, 1336-1538 / John Kirkpatrick -- Muster-roll of the French garrison at Dunbar, 1553 / Robert S. Rait -- The antiquity of the Christian religion among the Scots, 1594 / Henry D.G. Law -- The apology for William Maitland of Lethington, 1610 / Andrew Lang -- Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme / L.G. Graeme -- A Scottish journie, being an account in verse of a tour from Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1641, by P.J. / C.H. Firth -- Narratives illustrating the Duke of Hamilton's expedition to England in 1648 / C.H. Firth -- Certain papers of Robert Burnet ... Gilbert Burnet ... and Robert Leighton / H.C. Foxcroft -- Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, 1677-1720 / Robert Paul -- The will of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1789 / Francis Steuart -- Index. |
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