Voyages and Travels: Account of the capture of an English crew by the natives of Magadoxa, and of their sojourn among them with map, and drawings of animals: 1700. Magadoxo, Zanzibar: Plan of the city, and account of the capture of an English crew by the inhabitants: 1700.
Manuscript containing botanical, musical and dramatic writings
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-34 Medicine. Botanical: Collectanea de oleis, balsamis, etc.: 17th cent. ff. 35-39 A collection of flageolet music entitled 'Lessons for the Flajolet', signed by Humphrey Rant, of Yelverton, Norfolk, 1674, and in tablature on two staves of six lines. Comprises: 'An Ayre' (f. 35), 'Sure,...
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, ...
Voyages and Travels: Journal by J. Jourdain of a voyage to the E. lndies: 1607/8-1617. John Jourdain: Journal of voyage for the E. Indies, with addition of travels in Arabia, etc.: 1607/8-1617.
Sloane 1689 Paper, in folio, ff. 30, XVII Century; bound with No. 1704. Journal of a voyage, kept by Dr. Edward Browne, 1691/2, [imperfect]. ff. 1-30. Voyages and Travels: Journal of Dr. E. Browne's voyage from Madras to the Cape of Good Hope: 1691-1692.: Imperf. Browne, Navy Surgeon: Journa...
This volume contains Yazıcıoğlu Ahmet Bijan's abridged translation Acayıbu'l-Mahlukat. The author says in the preface that in the time of Alexander, the sages of the world had come together and described the wonders of the universe. In the age of Imām Shāfiᶜī, that work had been translated fro...
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
Court of Rome: Della varieta et usanza de' vestiti di Nro. Sigre. et de Sigri. Cardinali per tutto l'anno: 17th cent. Costumes: Della varietà et usanza de' vestiti di Nro. Sigre. et de Sigri. Cardinali per tutto l'anno: 17th cent.
Sloane 1131 Paper, in small 4to., ff. 52. XVII century. Written by various hands. 1. Observationes variae metaphisicae. ff. 2-10. 2. Some directions and excerpts concerning judicial astrology. ff. 11-37. 3. Tables of inheritance. f. 38. 4. Various charms, alchymical observations, medical r...