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2132. S.W.275, 2(39)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- S.W.275, 2(39)
- Title:
- Details on Maijî Sahiba's Tomb, Junâgadh. Photographer: Burgess, James
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Archaeological Photography Another copy at APAC Photo 1000/7 (816), there credited to Sykes.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1874-1875
- Extent:
- 1 item
2133. Sloane MS 146
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 146
- Title:
- Trilingual medical and botanical recipes; trilingual botanical glossary
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript with medical and botanical texts was largely written in the 13th century, but also include a botanical glossary in Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English that has been written in the late 12th century. Contents: ff. 1r-68v: A collection of medical and botanical recipes in Lat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2134. Sloane MS 263
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 263
- Title:
- Helperic of Auxerre, De computo; Bede, De duodecim mensibus, Hymnus de anno et mensibus; Priscian, Versus de sideribus; computistical tables and diagrams; an astronomical treatise about constellations and stars
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the computistical treatise known as De computo (On the Computus) by Helperic of Auxerre (fl. c. 900), one of the most popular textbooks on computus of the Middle Ages. The manuscript also contains several astrononical tracts, including the poems De duodecim mensibus (On ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2135. Sloane MS 1580
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 1580
- Title:
- Collection of sermons, moral and theological sentences, poems, hymns with monophonic and polyphonic music, prayers, tracts on law, grammar and the computus; including Samson of Canterbury, Excerptae ex diversis voluminibus;Walter of Châtillon, Carmina; De Clarevallensibus et Cluniacensibus; Questiones Adriani Imperatoris Secundo philosopho in silencio philosophantis;Charm against infirmities;Adam of Saint-Victor, Lux iucunda lux insignis; De hominum deificatione (excerpt); Philippe de Thaon,...
- Scope & Content:
- This 13th-century miscellany mainly contains theological and liturgical works, including monophonic and polyphonic music. However, it also includes a copy of the Comput (Computus), the oldest extant scientific text in the vernacular, that Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), the first Anglo-Norman...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2136. Sloane MS 1621
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 1621
- Title:
- Antidotarium and medical recipes, with some prayers and texts on musical theory
- Scope & Content:
- An antidotarium and various medical recipes, with some prayers and texts on musical theory. Contents: ff. 1r-v: Psalms 18:2-15. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Celi enarrant gloriam'. The bottom half of the page is lost, with a loss of text from Psalms 18:8-10. Explicit: 'Domine adiutor meus et redemp'. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2137. Sloane MS 2839
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 2839
- Title:
- Liber cirurgium cauterium; medical recipes; Epistola Peri Hereseon; Tereoperica
- Scope & Content:
- This 11th-century manuscript contains a collection of didactical texts on practical and theoretical medicine. The format of this volume suggests that it was used as a medical textbook. It includes an illustrated account on cautery points, which was one of the principal medieval treatments, and a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2138. Stowe MS 57
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 57
- Title:
- Scutum Bede, a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose and verses including interlinear and marginal glosses, probably collected by Geoffrey of Ufford (fl. c. 1154) and entitled 'Scutum Bede Collectivus Gaufridi de Ufford' (f. 1r); this appears to...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old, French, Old, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1154
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2139. Stowe MS 1067
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1067
- Title:
- Bestiary
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript consists of the 'First Family' of bestiaries, with a text derived from the Physiologus with additions from Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636)'s Etymologies (Etymologies) (see McCulloch, Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries (1962) p. 31; Payne, Medieval Beasts (1990) p. 12). ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2140. V.3587(74)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- V.3587(74)
- Title:
- Photograph by means of which the 'Amherst Street Murder' was identified. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography View of the upper body of Rose Brown, laid out on a charpoy. This young Indian woman was found lying in Amherst Street, Calcutta, with her throat cut. Although referred to as a murder case, Chevers was of the opinion that suicide was a more likely verdict (p. 424)....
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1868
- Extent:
- 1 item