Sloane 2035 A. Coats of arms of noble German families and autograph signatures collected by Philiberto Vernati. Sir Philberto Vernatti, Resident in Batavia: Album amicorum: 1615. Germany, General: Arms and autographs of noble German families collected by P. Vernati: 1615. Album Amicorum: Vern...
Davidis Hastivillii Thesauri Sanitatis, Vol. I Praemittuntur, a. Epistola dedicatoria ad D. D. Franciscum Finchium, sine dat. f. 4. b. Poema ad eundem versibus Sapphicis descriptum. f. 5. c. Epigramma ad auctorem hexastichon. f. 5b. d. Distichon in honorem ejusdem. f. 5b. e. Epigramma in...
Sloane 1356 Paper, in 18mo, ff. 111, XVII century. Dr Henry Power’s private memoranda. ff. 1-111. Henry Power, M D, of Christ's College, Cambridge, and of Halifax: Private memoranda: 1657-166 8/9.: Autogr.
Sloane 1333 Chartaceus, in 8vo, ff. 141, sec XVII. 1. Anonymi cujusdam auctoris "Poliorcetica sive de machinis et scientia militari", in tractatus duos divisa, ex variis auctoribus compilata. ff. 1-91. 2. Ejusdem, ut videtur, auctoris "Mechanica, sive de natura, viribus, et usu instrumentorum...
Sloane 1154 Paper, in 12mo., ff. 80, written in the years 1700-1701. 1. An English translation of Cicero's treatise De Officiis. ff. 1-77. Begin: — 'What is there not expected from thee, O my son Marcus.' 2. Excerpta quaedam ex Ciceronis operibus. ff. 78-80. includes: ff. 1-77 Marcus Tulli...
Sloane 1300 Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 70, sec. XVII. 1. Excerpta ex animadd. Isaaci Casauboni in Athenaeum. ff. 1-5. 2. Excerpta ex Theognide, Cicerone, aliisque auctoribus. ff. 6-12. 3. Explicationes verborum plurimorum in Sermonibus Theodorite. ff. 13-33. 4. Explicationes verborum in Theo...
Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomia; Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, Physiognomia; C. Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis; Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum; Solinus, De Mirabilibus Mundi; Pseudo-Aristotle, Chiromantia; De Quatuor Partibus Animi Qualiter Cavende Sit Infirmitates; various scientific tracts, some in epistolary form.
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Contents: ff. 3r-9r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735), De Natura Rerum (On the Nature of Things). ff. 9v-10r: Divisio Scientiarum (The Division of the Sciences), beginning: ‘Ut dicit Boecius in commento super Por[phyrio]’. ff. 11r-30r: Pseudo-Ptolemy (fl. 10th century), Centiloquium (One H...
Sloane 2035 B. 1. Royal commission empowering Thomas Gyles, master of the children of the cathedral church of S. Paul, London, to take up children fit to be instructed in music. Dated at Greenwich, 26 April 27 Eliz. Orig. f. 1b. 2. Oliver Cromwell to Mr. Storie in behalf of Dr. Welles a clerg...