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Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 4087, ff 11r-17v
Title:
Scope & Content:: Theotokion on the Entry of the Mother of God, by Manuel Chrysaphes, 1st mode, inc. Ἀγαλλιάσθω ὁ Δαβὶδ.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 16th century-17th century
Extent:: 7 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 1333
Title:
Scope & Content:: Sloane 1333 Chartaceus, in 8vo, ff. 141, sec XVII. 1. Anonymi cujusdam auctoris "Poliorcetica sive de machinis et scientia militari", in tractatus duos divisa, ex variis auctoribus compilata. ff. 1-91. 2. Ejusdem, ut videtur, auctoris "Mechanica, sive de natura, viribus, et usu instrumentorum...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 1154
Title:
Scope & Content:: Sloane 1154 Paper, in 12mo., ff. 80, written in the years 1700-1701. 1. An English translation of Cicero's treatise De Officiis. ff. 1-77. Begin: — 'What is there not expected from thee, O my son Marcus.' 2. Excerpta quaedam ex Ciceronis operibus. ff. 78-80. includes: ff. 1-77 Marcus Tulli...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1700-1701
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 475, ff 125r-231v
Title:: Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De febribus; recipes and a treatise on uroscopy
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 125r-130v: Extracts from Isidore of Seville (d. 636)'s Etymologiae (Etymologies), book 4, chapters 5-7. ff. 131rv-v: Pseudo-Galen, De febribus (On Fevers). ff. 131v-132r: A text on purgation, beginning: 'Hec est purgatio Ypocratis'. ff. 133r-v: A version of the Sphere of Apul...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: Part of Sloane MS 475

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2030, ff 31-78
Title:: Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber Receptionis; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili, Liber Iudiciorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 31v-40v: Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari (also known as Messahalah) (d. 815), Liber Receptionis (The Book of Receptions), beginning: ‘Invenit quidam vir ex sapientibus librum ex libris secretorum’. ff. 41r-76v: Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili (also known as Zahel) (b. 786, d. 845), Liber Iudi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Sloane MS 2030

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2030, ff 79-94
Title:: Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii; Abū Ma`shar Ja`far, Ysagoga Minor; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Proportiones competentes in Astrorum Industria
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 79r-83r: Martianus Capella (b. 360, d. 428), De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (The Marriage of Philology and Mercury) (excerpts from Book 8), beginning: ‘[A]strigere iam sedis iter cursumque’ with occasional marginal glosses and corrections. ff. 83r-87r: Abū Ma`shar Ja`far (als...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Sloane MS 2030

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 1300
Title:
Scope & Content:: Sloane 1300 Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 70, sec. XVII. 1. Excerpta ex animadd. Isaaci Casauboni in Athenaeum. ff. 1-5. 2. Excerpta ex Theognide, Cicerone, aliisque auctoribus. ff. 6-12. 3. Explicationes verborum plurimorum in Sermonibus Theodorite. ff. 13-33. 4. Explicationes verborum in Theo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

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:: Part of Sloane MS 2030

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 475, ff 1r-124v
Title:: Medical texts, prognostics, recipes and charms divided into 5 books, including Marcellus, De Medicamentis; Remus Favinus, Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris; Oxiepate; Pseudo-Galen, Liber de dinamidiis; Bede, De Temporum Ratione (excerpt)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Medical recipe, imperfect. ff. 4v-6r: Observatio mensium secundum Bedam (Observation of Each Month according to Bede), dietary and health advice for each month, including verses on Egyptian days, followed by a caution against the dies caniculares and the three critical Mo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Sloane MS 475

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2035 B
Title:
Scope & Content:: Sloane 2035 B. 1. Royal commission empowering Thomas Gyles, master of the children of the cathedral church of S. Paul, London, to take up children fit to be instructed in music. Dated at Greenwich, 26 April 27 Eliz. Orig. f. 1b. 2. Oliver Cromwell to Mr. Storie in behalf of Dr. Welles a clerg...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1584-1680
Extent:: 1 item

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