includes: ff. 1-68 b Romances: Quatre fils Aimon: 15th cent.: Imperf. ff. 69 -75 b History of France: Chronicles of the History of, from 1353 to 1454,: 15th cent.: Fr. f. 75 b England General Chronicles and History: Names of the kings from William the Conqueror to Henry VI.: 1454.: Fr. f. 76 Hi...
includes: ff. 2-4 b Botany: Catalogues of plants: 15th cent.: Imperf. ff. 5-72 b Medicine: Nomina medicinarum et orationum et materiarum: 15th cent.: Engl. ff. 9 b, 10 Magic: Charms against elves, serpents, malignant spirits and the toothache: 15th cent.: Lat.: Imperf. ff. 10 b, 252-259 b Botan...
Hampton Court, Middlesex: Catalogue of seeds planted in Hampton Courtgarden: 1700, 1701. includes: ff. 2-7 b Astrology: On the influence of planets on the human body: 15th cent.: Imperf. ff. 9-21 b Kalendars: : 15th-17th cent.: Dutch and Fr. f. 22 Astrology: Natures of the zodiacal sigus: 15th...
Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Grotesques in red and blue: 15th cent. includes: f. 1 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letter to the Lord Chancellor, touching the history of Britain: [1609]. f. 3 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter to, from Sir F. Bacon: [1623]. f. 3 Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
includes: ff. 1-82 b Medicine: Treatises on medicine: 15th cent.: Fr. and Lat. f. 38 Hunting: Directions how to take quails: 16th cent. ff. 83-86 Theodericus, Bishop of Cervia: De virtutibus aquae vitæ: 15th cent. ff. 83-86 Teodorico Borgognoni, Bishop of Cervia: Tractatus de aqua vitæ, extract...
Owners of Manuscripts: Shelton (Robert). includes: ff. 2-128, 135-140 Medicine. Charms and Receipts: Orationes et receptæ medicæ.: 10th-18th centt.: Lat., Fr., Dutch, Engl., Germ., Ital., and Span. ff. 129-134 b Chemistry: Tables of the signs of metals, minerals and preparations used in chemis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
includes: f. 1 Treaty of Breda: Forms for comprehending certain states in the treaty of Charles II. with the kings of France and Denmark, and the United Provinces: 1667.: Lat. f. 3 Naturalization: Fòrm of warrant of a bill for naturalization: 17th cent.: Lat. f. 4 Abraham Jacques Gubay: Grant t...
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