881. 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