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11. Sloane MS 2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2560
Title:
Alchemical compilation
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-18r: Donum Dei (also known as the Pretiosissimum donum Dei). The beginning of this copy has the same initial paragraphs as found in another popular alchemical treatise, the Rosarium (according to the 1550 printed edition). Decoration: Eleven painted miniatures, the first acc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

12. Sloane MS 2732 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2732 A
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to Henry VI of England
Scope & Content:
A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England through Brutus to Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471), consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The roll is believed to have been mad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1438-1441
Extent:
1 roll

13. 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

14. Sloane MS 3189

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3189
Title:
The Book of Enoch
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–65r: Liber Mysteriorum Sextus et Sanctus or The Book of Enoch or Liber Logaeth, transcribed by Sir Edward Kelley in 1583. These angelic conversations and visions largely (from f. 10r onwards) take the form of letters and numbers which fill grids of 49 rows by 49 columns. The manuscript ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1583
Extent:
1 volume

15. Sloane MS 3809

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3809
Title:
Alchemical treatises and verses
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–56v: A volume of alchemical verses and treatises written in chronological order, including George Ripley's Compound of Alchemy. ff. 1v–2r: Poems in Latin about alchemy. ff. 2v–3v: The Boast of Mercury. Begins 'I am [Mercury] most mighty & flos florum', ends 'Seke forth folys as ye h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

16. Sloane MS 4100/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4100/1
Title:
Volvelle, with a set of instructions concerning its use
Scope & Content:
A single parchment leaf featuring a circular volvelle on the recto, decorated in colours and gold, the verso originally blank. The volvelle is comprised of several moveable parts arranged in concentric circles and fastened with a central pivot upon a base sheet marked with the hours of the day...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

17. 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

18. Sloane MS 359

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 359
Title:
Chemical recipes
Scope & Content:
Collection of chemical recipes, in the hand of Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618), courtier, military and naval commander and author. Including accounts of experiments, and details of Raleigh’s ‘great Cordiall’. f. 1v: Table of contents. f. 2r-2v: Chemical notes, with a table of symbols. ff. 3a, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

19. Sloane MS 702

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 702
Title:
Collection of texts, excerpts and notes on astrology and astronomy, with accompanying tables and diagrams
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Added ownership inscriptions and former shelfmarks. ff. 1v-33v: A collection of texts, excerpts and brief notes on astrology and astronomy, using or citing authorities including Al-Qabisi (or Alcabitius), Mashallah ibn Athari (or Messahallah), Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (or Album...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

20. Sloane MS 1977

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1977
Title:
A medical anthology including Roger Frugardi's Chirurgia
Scope & Content:
The longest text in this medical anthology is a French translation of the Chirurgia, written by the Lombard surgeon Roger Frugardi (or Roger Frugard of Salerno, Roger Frugard of Parma, Roger de Salerne, Rogerius Salernitanus, b. before 1140, d. before 1195) in the late 12th century. This manuscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 13th century-1st quarter 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

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