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1. Sloane MS 6

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

2. Sloane MS 2377

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2377
Title:
Nicolosa Sanuti, De Ornatu Mulierum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a presentation copy of De Ornatu Mulierum (On Women's Clothing), a Latin prose treatise by Nicolosa Sanuti (d. 1505). Sanuti was a wealthy Bolognese noblewoman and the wife of Nicolo Sanuti (b. 1407. d. 1482), Count of the Porretta. Her treatise first appeared in 1453 an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

3. Sloane MS 2400

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2400
Title:
Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [ii] recto: Added notes relating to Anne Felbrigge, the Felbrigge family, and their arms, written by Sir Frederic Madden (b. 1801, d. 1873), Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum. f. 1r: A number of former shelfmarks lined through, and an added paper label, featuring an 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Sloane MS 2401

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2401
Title:
Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps; Le livre Ypocrae; medical charms and recipes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illustrated copy of Le Régime du corps, a handbook for health composed by Aldobrandino of Siena (d. 1296/1299), an Italian physician. Three other copies of Le Régime du corps also contain roughly 140 historiated initials with comparable subject matter: Cambridge, Uni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Sloane MS 2463

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2463
Title:
Collection of medical texts, including treatises on anatomy, surgery and gynaecology
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-52v: A treatise on anatomy with a prologue beginning, 'Galyene that was lanterne of ffysiciens and of srgens seyth in the sevententhe book de utilitate p[ar]ticulari.'. ff. 51v-151v: 'The book of operations' (see colophon on f. 151v), a book on surgery and other treatments, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Sloane MS 2499

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2499
Title:
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (Long Text)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Long Text of the Revelations of Divine Love written by Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. after 1416). There are two distinct versions of Julian's account of and reflections on a sequence of visions of the Crucified Christ that she experienced as she was lying on her si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

7. Sloane MS 3525

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3525
Title:
Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps; Le livre de toutes herbes; Roger Frugard, Chirurgia; Antidotarium Nicolai; and other medical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v, 1r-7v, 22v, 23r-v: Recipes in a hand of the 17th century. ff. 3r-5v: Table of contents, probably compiled by the scribe; this does not accurately list all contents, but contains a list of the chapters of the Régime du corps, and of the texts on ff. 82-108. ff. 6r-16v: A ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Sloane MS 3705

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3705
Title:
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (Long Text)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Long Text of the Revelations of Divine Love written by Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. after 1416). There are two distinct versions of Julian's account of and reflections on a sequence of visions of the Crucified Christ that she experienced as she was lying on her si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume