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1. Sloane MS 745, ff 1r-21v

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 745, ff 1r-21v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Table of contents, ff 2r-21v, preceded by later notes; 'Hypposophica Hieroclis f.(?) 39', f 1r, 'In hoc codice non modo longe alius ordo est sed et longe/ plura habentur, quam in editione Basilensi anni 1537', f 1*v, the latter identified as the hand of Jan de Witt by Humphrey Wanley in his catal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
22 folios

2. Sloane MS 745, ff 22r-245r

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 745, ff 22r-245r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Hippiatrica divided into chapters, and citing various authors, ff 22r-244r. ff 206r-207v are inserted leaves (text similar to Dionysius Thrax, Ars Grammatica, f 206r; draft letter by an anonymous author, inc. ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ πρόσθεν, expl. mut. ὅπερ μοι τῶν δυνατῶν ἦν, f 207v). Followed by a verse co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
224 folios

3. Sloane MS 807

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 807
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: Physician's portable almanac, including a calendar (ff. 1-8) and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon. The tables include dates from 1444 to 1519. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey, Folded Almanac (2003). Decoration: Calendar ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1444
Extent:

6 parchment folios, each folded into 8 parts

4. Sloane MS 2250

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2250
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A portable copy of the Kalendarium of John Somer (ff. 3r-10r), with a zodiac man diagram (f. 12r) and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon (ff. 13v-14r, 15r-16r). The calendar includes tables for 1482 to 1501 (f. 3r). One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the Bri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

8 parchment folios, each folded into six parts

5. Sloane MS 2376

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2376
Title:
James Cuninghame [Cunningham]: notes on botany and zoology in East Asia and the Canary Islands, plus correspondence with Juan Baptista Poggio and Isidorus Arteaga de la Guerra
Scope & Content:
Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Includes: 1. Plantae in Insula Palma Collectae Mense Januario 1697/1698, ff 5-9. 2. Copy correspondence between Cuninghame and Juan Baptista Poggio, 1698, ff 10-21; and copy correspondence between Cuninghame and Isidorus Arteaga de la Guerra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1706
Extent:
1 volume

6. Sloane MS 2462

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2462
Title:
Scope & Content:
Lucius Cælius Firmianus Lactantius: Institutiones divinæ: 15th cent.: Imperf.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Sloane MS 3385

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3385
Title:
Grammatical and lexicographical notes
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1676
Extent:
55 folios

8. Sloane MS 3972 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3972 B
Title:
Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Sir Hans Sloane
Scope & Content:
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Catalogues of his MSS.: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1758-1764
Extent:
1 volume

9. Sloane MS 3972 C/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3972 C/6
Title:
Catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane's Library, Volume VI
Scope & Content:
pp 1971-2524
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1692-1964
Extent:
1 volume

10. Sloane MS 4080

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4080
Title:
'Camellus. Drawings from the Philippine Islands' Vol. I
Scope & Content:
Drawings and descriptions of plants from the Philippines by George Joseph Kamel. Volume 1 of 6. This volume contains 123 sheets of annotated drawings and 16 sheets containing descriptions of the plants. Many of the plants in this volume were described in an appendix to the third volume of John...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1686-1706
Extent:
1 volume. (135 folios)