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1. Sloane MS 614

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 614
Title:
Hebrew and Latin vocabulary
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
129 folios

2. Sloane MS 626

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 626
Title:
Hebrew-Latin dictionary
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
66 folios

3. Sloane MS 745, ff 1r-21v

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 745, ff 1r-21v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Table of contents, ff 2r-21v, preceded by later notes; 'Hypposophica Hieroclis f.(?) 39', f 1r, 'In hoc codice non modo longe alius ordo est sed et longe/ plura habentur, quam in editione Basilensi anni 1537', f 1*v, the latter identified as the hand of Jan de Witt by Humphrey Wanley in his catal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
22 folios

4. Sloane MS 745, ff 22r-245r

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 745, ff 22r-245r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Hippiatrica divided into chapters, and citing various authors, ff 22r-244r. ff 206r-207v are inserted leaves (text similar to Dionysius Thrax, Ars Grammatica, f 206r; draft letter by an anonymous author, inc. ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ πρόσθεν, expl. mut. ὅπερ μοι τῶν δυνατῶν ἦν, f 207v). Followed by a verse co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
224 folios

5. Sloane MS 807

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 807
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: Physician's portable almanac, including a calendar (ff. 1-8) and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon. The tables include dates from 1444 to 1519. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey, Folded Almanac (2003). Decoration: Calendar ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1444
Extent:

6 parchment folios, each folded into 8 parts

6. Sloane MS 1338

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1338
Title:
ლოცვანი (Book of prayers)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains 2 acathistic works in honour of Christ and the Most Holy Mother of God. There are also insertions by later hands - prayers and momentos. Most of the prayers are headed as being from the Liturgy.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Georgian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 manuscript

7. Sloane MS 1350

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1350
Title:
ფსალმუნნი (A Psalter)
Scope & Content:
The Psalms, divided into 20 books.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Georgian
Date Range:
16th to 17th century
Extent:
1 manuscript

8. Sloane MS 2250

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2250
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A portable copy of the Kalendarium of John Somer (ff. 3r-10r), with a zodiac man diagram (f. 12r) and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon (ff. 13v-14r, 15r-16r). The calendar includes tables for 1482 to 1501 (f. 3r). One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the Bri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

8 parchment folios, each folded into six parts

9. Sloane MS 2376

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2376
Title:
James Cuninghame [Cunningham]: notes on botany and zoology in East Asia and the Canary Islands, plus correspondence with Juan Baptista Poggio and Isidorus Arteaga de la Guerra
Scope & Content:
Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Includes: 1. Plantae in Insula Palma Collectae Mense Januario 1697/1698, ff 5-9. 2. Copy correspondence between Cuninghame and Juan Baptista Poggio, 1698, ff 10-21; and copy correspondence between Cuninghame and Isidorus Arteaga de la Guerra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1706
Extent:
1 volume

10. Sloane MS 2393

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2393
Title:
Undang-undang
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Undang-undang, legal text focusing on criminal law (hukum jenayah). Begins, Inilah bab takzir, ‘This is the section on punishment’, and presents definitions of and punishments for murder, injury, adultery, slander, theft and banditry, concluding with a final section on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
before 1753
Extent:
21 folios