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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Sloane MS 1-4100 Place England

11. Sloane MS 1009/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1009/1
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous papers, including the Memoriale Credencium; Reclusorium Anime; Three Workings on Man's Soul; Geoffrey Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus; Speculum sacerdotis; Computacio daniele prophete sive sompniale; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus; Astrological tracts; Correspondence of Gédéon Bonnivert; Collection of puzzles with cards and dice in French; Gédéon Bonnivert, L'A. B. C. du Monde; De virtutibus herbarum; Marcus Tullius Cicero, De officiis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first part of a large collection of miscellaneous texts, tracts, and letters that may have been gathered by Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), and is now divided in two parts. The second part is Sloane MS 1009/2. The collection contains a large number of early modern it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

12. Sloane MS 1009/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1009/2
Title:
Collection of early modern literary papers in English and French
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second part of a large collection of miscellaneous texts, tracts and letters that may have been gathered by Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), and is now divided in two parts. The first part is Sloane MS 1009/1. The manuscript contains a large number of early modern ite...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

13. Sloane MS 1047

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1047
Title:
Medical recipes devised by King Henry VIII and his royal physicians
Scope & Content:
An important witness to the amateur interest in and practice of pharmaceutical medicine by King Henry VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547). Contains a collection of more than 100 medical recipes that have been organised into six sections: plasters; spasmadraps (dipped plasters); ointments; balms; waters, lot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1540-c. 1545
Extent:
1 volume

14. 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

15. Sloane MS 1685

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1685
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-222v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, beginning and ending imperfectly, with many leaves wanting throughout. The Tales are arranged in the following order: ff. 1r-3v: The General Prologue, beginning imperfectly. ff. 4r-33r: The Knight's Tale, imperfect. 1 folio is w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

16. Sloane MS 1686

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1686
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-295v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, imperfect at the beginning. The Tales are arranged in the following order: ff. 1r-13r: The General Prologue, beginning imperfectly. ff. 13r-49v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 49v-51r: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 51r-61v: The Miller...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

17. Sloane MS 1777

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

18. Sloane MS 1835

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1835
Title:
Extracts from Evagrius Scholasticus, Historia Ecclesiastica (TLG 2733.001; CPG 7500), with Latin translations by Petrus Joannes Olivarius, preceded by his dedication to Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Chalcedonian Definition (ACO II.i.2 126), in Latin (ff 3r-8r) and Greek (ff 13r-17r). Emperor Zeno, Henoticon (PG 862.2620), in Latin (ff 9r-12v) and Greek (ff 17v-22r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

19. Sloane MS 2030

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

20. Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135
Title:
Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomia; Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, Physiognomia; C. Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis; Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum; Solinus, De Mirabilibus Mundi; Pseudo-Aristotle, Chiromantia; De Quatuor Partibus Animi Qualiter Cavende Sit Infirmitates; various scientific tracts, some in epistolary form.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-9r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735), De Natura Rerum (On the Nature of Things). ff. 9v-10r: Divisio Scientiarum (The Division of the Sciences), beginning: ‘Ut dicit Boecius in commento super Por[phyrio]’. ff. 11r-30r: Pseudo-Ptolemy (fl. 10th century), Centiloquium (One H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

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