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2522. RP 9403/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RP 9403/1
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- DRUMMOND, David (fl. 1604-1629). JAMES VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Fair copy of a prose Latin manuscript in praise of James I, dedicated to Henry, Prince of Wales, signed by Drummond (probably David Drummond of Stirling), including historical precedents for the union of the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 25 Nov 2008
- Extent:
- 1 photocopy
2523. RP 9403/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RP 9403/3
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- SOPHIA, Queen of Denmark. JAMES VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Letter Signed to Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, concerning the recent marriage of James VI of Scotland, and future James I of England, and the advantage of closer ties between England and Denmark. Creation dat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 25 Nov 2008
- Extent:
- 1 photocopy
2524. RP 9535/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RP 9535/2
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- MIDDLE ENGLISH. MARRIAGE CONTRACT. 2 copies of a marriage contract between Richard Burdett and Isabel Shirwode made in London; one a fair copy on vellum, in Latin, but notably with the marriage vows in Middle English, the other a more rough copy on paper. Creation dates: Nov 1478
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17 Jul 2009
- Extent:
- 4 photocopies
2525. RP 9741/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RP 9741/1
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- FITZELLIS ARCHIVE. 17 charters on vellum, including the following: (a) Charter of William Fitz William, granting the estate of 'Cetindon' (Thornton, Bucks) to his brother Ellis, with seal of William attached, 1190s. (b) Charter of Emma de Brai to her son Elias of land in 'ackele' (Oakley, Buck...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 2010
- Extent:
- 6 photocopies
2526. RP 9741/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RP 9741/2
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- EDWARD IV, King of England. 21 charters, including the following: Letters patent of King Edward IV for Bishop George Neville of Exeter (later Archbishop of York and chancellor) granting estates in Exe valley, with royal seal attached, 20 Feb 1450. Another seal from the reign of Edward IV. Sot...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 2010
- Extent:
- 2 photocopies
2527. Sloane MS 475, ff 1r-124v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 475, ff 1r-124v
- Title:
- Medical texts, prognostics, recipes and charms divided into 5 books, including Marcellus, De Medicamentis; Remus Favinus, Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris; Oxiepate; Pseudo-Galen, Liber de dinamidiis; Bede, De Temporum Ratione (excerpt)
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Medical recipe, imperfect. ff. 4v-6r: Observatio mensium secundum Bedam (Observation of Each Month according to Bede), dietary and health advice for each month, including verses on Egyptian days, followed by a caution against the dies caniculares and the three critical Mo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
- Part of Sloane MS 475
2528. Sloane MS 475, ff 125r-231v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 475, ff 125r-231v
- Title:
- Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De febribus; recipes and a treatise on uroscopy
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 125r-130v: Extracts from Isidore of Seville (d. 636)'s Etymologiae (Etymologies), book 4, chapters 5-7. ff. 131rv-v: Pseudo-Galen, De febribus (On Fevers). ff. 131v-132r: A text on purgation, beginning: 'Hec est purgatio Ypocratis'. ff. 133r-v: A version of the Sphere of Apul...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
- Part of Sloane MS 475
2529. Sloane MS 2030, ff 31-78
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 2030, ff 31-78
- Title:
- Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber Receptionis; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili, Liber Iudiciorum
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 31v-40v: Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari (also known as Messahalah) (d. 815), Liber Receptionis (The Book of Receptions), beginning: ‘Invenit quidam vir ex sapientibus librum ex libris secretorum’. ff. 41r-76v: Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili (also known as Zahel) (b. 786, d. 845), Liber Iudi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
- Part of Sloane MS 2030
2530. Sloane MS 2030, ff 79-94
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 2030, ff 79-94
- Title:
- Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii; Abū Ma`shar Ja`far, Ysagoga Minor; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Proportiones competentes in Astrorum Industria
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 79r-83r: Martianus Capella (b. 360, d. 428), De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (The Marriage of Philology and Mercury) (excerpts from Book 8), beginning: ‘[A]strigere iam sedis iter cursumque’ with occasional marginal glosses and corrections. ff. 83r-87r: Abū Ma`shar Ja`far (als...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Sloane MS 2030