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Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane Ch XXXIV 1
Title:: Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
Scope & Content:: Writ of King Edward declaring that he intends to have legal possession of the land at Ickworth, Suffolk (which he possesses for Westminster Abbey), and that it is to be transferred to him as soon as the present writ is read; 1047 × 1065 (Sawyer, no. 1124). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Icki...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: 1 leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 6
Title:: Medical treatises in Middle English by Hunain Ibn Ishak, Al-'Ibadi, William of Saliceto, John Arderne and others
Scope & Content:: A collection of medical treatises: ff. 1r-9r: Hunain Ibn Ishak, Al-'Ibadi: Isagoge in parvam artem Galeni, in Latin and English; Claudius Galenus: Ars, parva cum isagoge Johannitii. ff. 10r-13v: A treatise on medicines and physick, including 'A table of knowledge of symple medecines'; 'Example...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 475
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); Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De febribus; recipes and a treatise on uroscopy
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript consists of two parts (ff. 1r-124v; 125r-231r) bound together at an unknown period, both containing medical recipes, charms, various medical treatises and prognostics in a medical context. The first part was produced at the beginning of the 12th century in England. The ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 1777
Title:: Thomas Becket, Epistolae; hymns; a compilation of theological texts; Querolus or Aulularia; a compilation of theological works
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript contains a large number of Thomas Becket (d. 1170)'s Epistulae (Letters), the 5th-century play Querolus (The Complainer), and two compilations of theological works and hymns. Contents: ff. 1r-47v: Thomas Becket, Epistolae. One folio is missing between ff. 8-9, causin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2030
Title:: Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber Receptionis; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili, Liber Iudiciorum; Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii; Abū Ma`shar Ja`far, Ysagoga Minor; Proportiones competentes in Astrorum Industria; Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomia; Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, Physiognomia; C. Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis; Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum; Solinus,...
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript is made up of three parts bound together perhaps in the early modern period. The three parts include compilations of scientific texts by various authors. Contents: ff. 3r-9r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735), De Natura Rerum (On the Nature of Things). ff. 9v-10r: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2052
Title:: Sir Theodore de Mayerne, Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium (the 'Mayerne manuscript')
Scope & Content:: The manuscript contains miscellaneous notes on the subject of artistic techniques, including the making of pigments, oils and varnishes, the priming and preparation of surfaces for painting, and the repair and conservation of paintings. The manuscript also contains notes of chemical experiments,...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1620-1646
Extent:: 1 volume

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