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1. Sloane MS 314

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 314
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', with a treatise on geomancy and an account of a necromantic ritual
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', written by poet Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), together with a treatise on geomancy, an account of a necromantic ritual, and a fragment of a baptismal office from a 13th-century missal. It has been suggested that the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Sloane MS 1009/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1009/1
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous papers, including the Memoriale Credencium; Reclusorium Anime; Three Workings on Man's Soul; Geoffrey Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus; Speculum sacerdotis; Computacio daniele prophete sive sompniale; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus; Astrological tracts; Correspondence of Gédéon Bonnivert; Collection of puzzles with cards and dice in French; Gédéon Bonnivert, L'A. B. C. du Monde; De virtutibus herbarum; Marcus Tullius Cicero, De officiis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first part of a large collection of miscellaneous texts, tracts, and letters that may have been gathered by Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), and is now divided in two parts. The second part is Sloane MS 1009/2. The collection contains a large number of early modern it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Sloane MS 1685

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1685
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-222v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, beginning and ending imperfectly, with many leaves wanting throughout. The Tales are arranged in the following order: ff. 1r-3v: The General Prologue, beginning imperfectly. ff. 4r-33r: The Knight's Tale, imperfect. 1 folio is w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Sloane MS 1686

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1686
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-295v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, imperfect at the beginning. The Tales are arranged in the following order: ff. 1r-13r: The General Prologue, beginning imperfectly. ff. 13r-49v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 49v-51r: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 51r-61v: The Miller...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Sloane MS 4100/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4100/1
Title:
Volvelle, with a set of instructions concerning its use
Scope & Content:
A single parchment leaf featuring a circular volvelle on the recto, decorated in colours and gold, the verso originally blank. The volvelle is comprised of several moveable parts arranged in concentric circles and fastened with a central pivot upon a base sheet marked with the hours of the day...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume