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1461. Add MS 5296

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Add MS 5296
Title:
Pencil drawings of plants and leaves found in Portobelo (Panama)
Scope & Content:
Drawings of plants which grow around Portobelo in Panama with inscriptions in English in Hans Sloane's hand. All drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, usually on both recto and verso. Most drawings are executed in pencil, some in grey wash and watercolours. At the beginn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (39 folios)

1462. Add MS 5297

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Add MS 5297
Title:
HERBAL: compiled in Italy, probably in the north, by Gasparinus de bripio (ff. 139v, 144v); late 15th cent. Latin. Origin: Italy. Beg. 'Antolla minor. Ad sanandum omnia vulnera' (f. 105). See Oxford Bodleian Library Canonicus Misc. MS. 408, ff. 1-116 and Paris Bibliothèque Nationale MS. 17844, ff. 28v-151v (L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A catalogue of incipits of medieval scientific writings in Latin (1963), 112). Dioscorides is quoted (ff. 72v, 94, 121, 147, 167v) and the following names, etc....
Scope & Content:
Botany: Medicine and Surgery: Gasparinus de Bripio, Italian medical writer: Herbal compiled by G. de Bripio: late 15th cent: Lat. includes: f. iii Leonard Bosvile: Name written, with motto: 17th cent: Lat. ff. 1-6v Calendars: Calendar in an Italian herbal: late 15th cent. ff. iii, 1-13 passim ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1463. Add MS 5298

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Add MS 5298
Title:
Drawings of flowers and animals, attributed to Ellen Power
Scope & Content:
Drawings, mostly of tulips, executed in a variety of techniques and attributed to Mrs Ellen Power (fl. 17th century). All drawings are executed on paper or cardboard, directly on the folios of the manuscript. At the beginning of the manuscript (ff. 1-2) is an incomplete list of colours, along w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

1464. Add MS 5299

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Add MS 5299
Title:
Watercolours of fruit, flowers and plants, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of fruit, flowers and plants probably by the hand of the Italian botanist and abbot Bruno Tozzi (1656-1743). The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the albums and several watermarks are visible. Several drawings are combined on each folio and most folios are filled both ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (63 folios)

1465. Add MS 5300

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Add MS 5300
Title:
Watercolours of tulips, with their names in Dutch
Scope & Content:
Twenty watercolours of tulips, with their names inscribed in Dutch in pen and ink. Some of the drawings are executed directly on the folios of the albums, others are pasted down on the folios. Only some drawings are signed or dated. Item 13 bears the date 1638. Item 20 bears the initials 'B.A.' a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (21 items)

1466. Add MS 5301

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Add MS 5301
Title:
Watercolours of wild plants and flowers, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolour and pencil drawings of medicinal and wild plants and flowers, probably by the hand of Italian botanist and abbot Bruno Tozzi (1656-1743). The drawings are all executed directly on the folios of the album, both recto and verso. The name of the plant is inscribed in pen and brown ink in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

1467. Add MS 5302 A

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Add MS 5302 A
Title:
"Observationes Orchidum Etruscarum, a. 1714." Watercolours of orchids found in Tuscany, made by Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of orchids found in Tuscany by Bruno Tozzi, introduced by a title page (f. 1) inscribed with the title in Latin "Observationes Orchidum Etruscarum A. 1714'" within an elaborate cartouche. On f. 2 is a dedication in Latin, dated January 1714, written by Bruno Tozzi, who explains that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

1468. Add MS 5302 B-C

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Add MS 5302 B-C
Title:
Watercolours of mushrooms and insects found in Tuscany, made by Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Two distinctive sets of watercolours (Add MS 5302 B and Add MS 5302 C) are bound together in this volume, Add MS 5302 B-C. Foliation is original and is separate for Add MS 5302B and 5302 C. Add MS 5302 B, catalogued in Sloane's collection as 'Miniatura 182', is a series of watercolours, mainly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

1469. Add MS 5305

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Add MS 5305
Title:
Watercolours of stones and marble samples, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of samples of stones and marbles attributed to Bruno Tozzi, with their name inscribed in pen and ink in Italian. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, mostly both recto and verso. On f. 3 is a full-page watercolour of a mountainous landscape with the tit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

1470. Add MS 5307

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Add MS 5307
Title:
Watercolours of magical figures
Scope & Content:
Drawings of magical, religious, or mystical symbols and figures. All symbols and figures are outlined in black ink against a light red background. The watercolours have been executed directly onto the pages of the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (188 folios)

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