Decorated initial and diagram from BL Sloane 263, f. 47v
Decorated initial 'SE'(cedens) and diagram, in an Astronomical treatise. Image taken from f. 47v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician an... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 263, f. 2v
Decorated initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Helperic's Astronomical treatise. Image taken from f. 2v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physi... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 38v
Decorated initial 'L' in red and green, in a 11th-century copy of Isidore's Etymology. Image taken from f. 38v of 2 leaves of the Etymology. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and na... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 106v
Decorated initial 'R'(ecita) in a 12th-century leaf. Image taken from f. 106v of Fragment of a leaf with a homily, labelled book 1, and the beginning of the 4th homily. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 52v
Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians. Image taken from f. 52v of Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); ... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 52v
Decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians. Image taken from f. 52v of Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 The... More
David in penitence from BL Sloane 2803, f. 117
Miniature of David in penitence, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms. Image taken from f. 117 of Book of Hours, Use of Paris. Written in Latin. Sir... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 106v
Detail of decorated initial 'R'(ecita) in a 12th-century leaf. Image taken from f. 106v of Fragment of a leaf with a homily, labelled book 1, and the beginning of the 4th homily. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Slo... More
Pietà from BL Sloane 2803, f. 192v
Miniature of the Pietà, decorated initial 'D'(oulce), and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer. Image taken from f. 192v of Book of Hours, Use of Paris. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-175... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 133
Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus 14:22, in a 13th-century leaf. Image taken from f. 133 of Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr. Written in Latin... More
David in penitence from BL Sloane 116, ff. 23v-24
Miniature of David in penitence, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms. Image taken from ff. 23v-24 of Prayer Book. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ph... More
Vision from BL Sloane 1580, ff. 1v-2
Full-page miniature, in two registers of a man lying in a bed and a standing angel gesturing to him, below, and above his vision of receiving a crown from God in a mandorla, with angels presenting him in the cl... More
Arrest of Christ from BL Sloane 2633, f. 43v
Miniature of the Arrest of Christ, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from f. 43v of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Written in ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 265, f. 2
Puzzle initial 'I'(n) with foliate endings, at the beginning of the Rasis Almansor. Image taken from f. 2 of Rasis Almansor (ff. 2-159v); Rasis Practica (ff. 159v-163); Rasis Synonyma (ff. 163v-172). Written in... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1579, f. 3
Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'. Image taken from f. 3 of Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 341, ff. 101v-102
Decorated initial 'A'. Image taken from ff. 101v-102 of Medical miscellany, including the Liber Medicinarum (ff. 1-40v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played ... More
Finding of the Coin from BL Sloane 346, f. 38
Drawing of the finding of the silver coin. Image taken from f. 38 of Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect. Written in Latin, with added English interlinear translation. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a phy... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 2476, f. 1
Decorated initial at the beginning of an alchemical treatise. Image taken from f. 1 of Miscellany, including alchemical texts, such as the Rosarius philosophorum (ff. 11-39). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane ... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 226
Detail of decorated initial. Image taken from f. 226 of Fragment of a glossed leaf of a legal text. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 441, f. 1
Decorated foliate initial 'D'(um), at the beginning of the Serium senectutis. Image taken from f. 1 of Miscellany, including the Serium senectutis (ff. 1-61v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was... More
Flourished initial from BL Sloane 3002, ff. 9v-10
Flourished initial 'N'(a), at the beginning of the prologue to the 'Arzneibuch'. Image taken from ff. 9v-10 of Medical treatises. Written in German. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist w... More
Miniature from BL Sloane 2747, ff. 53v-54
Miniature of David in penitence, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms. Image taken from ff. 53v-54 of Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Written in Latin, rubric (f. 95v) in Fre... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 342, f. 119v
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam). Image taken from f. 119v of Medical miscellany. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British ... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 113v
Detail of decorated initial 'Q'. Image taken from f. 113v of 2 leaves of Distinctiones(?), each section beginning Undecio …, Duodecio …. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natura... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1521, ff. 1v-2
Decorated initial 'F'(rater) with Jerome and dragons, at the beginning of the letter of Jerome. Image taken from ff. 1v-2 of Bible with prologues. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician ... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1086, f. 44
Cutting of an initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel, with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 44 of Fragment of a Bible with the beginning of the book of Daniel (recto) and part of the chapter list (v... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 2477, ff. 20v-21
Initial 'S'(emper) with penwork decoration, in Bernardus Siluestris's Megacosmus. Image taken from ff. 20v-21 of Cosmographia (ff. 2-21); Mathematicus (ff. 22-27); Hildebert's Liber de querimonia et confluctu c... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Initials from BL Sloane 2452, f. 6v, illuminated ...
Detail of a large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his). Image taken from f. 6v of The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment. Written in English... More
Saul and David from BL Sloane 346, f. 4
Drawing of Saul holding a spear towards David, who holds a harp. Image taken from f. 4 of Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect. Written in Latin, with added English interlinear translation. David was a skil... More
Detail from BL Sloane 2605, f. 4v
Image taken from f. 4v of Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly). Written in Latin, calendar and rubrics in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role i... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3229, f. 1
Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of a medical miscellany. Image taken from f. 1 of Medical miscellany, including a text on prognostication by means of Pythagorean diagrams (f. 7). Written in Latin. Si... More
Unexecuted drawing from BL Sloane 3451, f. 26
Unexecuted drawing, with captions for the three mighty men bringing water to David. Image taken from f. 26 of Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters. Written in Latin. Sir Hans S... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 114
Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 114 of Fragment of a leaf with a section beginning 'Nunc autem dicamus primum …'. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played ... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3486, f. 58
Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 58 of Medical miscellany, including Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff 91-139), imperfect, On buboes (ff. 139-140); Guy de Chauliac's On bloodletting (f. 147v);... More
Life of Christ; Surgical procedures from BL Sloane 1977, ff. 9v-10
On the left, a full-page miniatures in three registers with the Death of the Virgin, the Coronation of the Virgin, and Christ in Majesty in the upper register and in the lower two registers scenes of various s... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1610, f. 2
Decorated initial 'M'(edicina) at the beginning of a medical miscellany. Image taken from f. 2 of Medical miscellany, the Ars medicine, including portions of the Secretum secretorum (ff. 42v-43v), with texts he... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 103
Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 103 of Fragment of a leaf of a commentary(?) referring to Augustine. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial rol... More
Bull from BL Sloane 2435, f. 47
Detail of initial with a bull. Image taken from f. 47 of Le Régime du corps (ff. 1-75v); Image du monde (ff. 77-133v). Written in French (Walloon dialect). Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natur... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3217, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam. Image taken from f. 1 of Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200). Written in Latin, English and some French. Sir H... More
Annunciation from BL Sloane 2748B, f. 31
Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virigin. Image taken from f. 31 of Book of Hours, Use of Toul. Written in Latin and Fr... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 2419, f. 72v
Detail of an illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 72v of Book of Hours, Use of Beaune?. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the develop... More
Creation of good and bad angels from BL Sloane 3049, f. 71
Miniature of the Creation of good and bad angels, decorated initial 'P'(uis), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Book 4 in the Livre des anges. Image taken from f. 71 of Livre des anges. Written in Fr... More
Workman with an axe from BL Sloane 2435, f. 7v
Historiated initial with a workman with an axe. Image taken from f. 7v of Le Régime du corps (ff. 1-75v); Image du monde (ff. 77-133v). Written in French (Walloon dialect). Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ph... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 2561, f. 53v
Decorated initial and musical notation. Image taken from f. 53v of fragments from a Missal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the develop... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 2986, f. 58
Puzzle initial 'P'(or) in Aldobrandino of Siena Régime du corps. Image taken from f. 58 of Le Régime du corps, imperfect. Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who playe... More
Detail from BL Sloane 2464, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers. Image taken from f. 1 of Secrets of Philosophers. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) ... More
Author portrait from BL Sloane 2947, f. 67
Historiated initial with an author portrait of a man holding a closed book at the beginning of Rasis's de aluminibus et salibus. Image taken from f. 67 of Medical miscellany, including Gerald of Cremona' s tran... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 272, f. 62
Puzzle initial at the beginning of the second book of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae. Image taken from f. 62 of Compendium medicinae, with table of contents. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (166... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3103, f. 1v
Decorated initial 'O' at the beginning of Goscelin of Saint Bertin's Liber Confortatorius. Image taken from f. 1v of Liber confortatorius, imperfect. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physici... More
Adam and Eve and Annunciation from BL Sloane 2605, ff. 16v-17
Miniatures forming a diptych with Adam and Eve and the Annunciation, accompanied by angels and the Marriage of the Virgin in the frame, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from ff. 16v-17 o... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1044, f. 262
Detail of decorated initial. Image taken from f. 262 of Fragment of a leaf, mentioning Lothar I Carolingien Holy Roman Emperor. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who ... More
Illuminated initial and border from BL Sloane 2413, f. 1
Illuminated initial and border. Image taken from f. 1 of Secretum Secretorum. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of Britis... More
Diagram and initial from BL Sloane 389, ff. 1v-2
Diagram, and decorated initial. Image taken from ff. 1v-2 of Medical miscellany, including the Golden Table treatise (ff. 72-76v); the Golden Table of Pythagoras, imperfect (ff. 93-94v); regimen for diet and bl... More
Genitals from BL Sloane 776, f. 203v
Marginal drawing of diseased genitals. Image taken from f. 203v of Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cru... More
Washing the feet from BL Sloane 2418, f. 18
Miniature showing a woman washing her feet in a small fountain with a crowned king watching from afar, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full architectural border. Image taken from f. 18 of Book of Hour... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 277, f. 34
Puzzle initial 'T'(hou). Image taken from f. 34 of Medical miscellany, including Chirurgy, begins imperfectly at chapter 21. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who p... More
Christ carrying the Cross from BL Sloane 2571, f. 51v
Miniature of Christ carrying the Cross, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from f. 51v of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Written... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 430, f. 4
Illuminated initial 'P'(hylaretus) at the beginning of a treatise on the pulse. Image taken from f. 4 of Medical miscellany, including a treatise on the pulse; De coitu (ff. 35v-37v). Written in Latin. Sir Ha... More
Flourished initial from BL Sloane 1253, ff. 23v-24
Flourished initial 'D'(ico) and decorated catchword, in the De confessione. Image taken from ff. 23v-24 of De confessione. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who playe... More
Detail from BL Sloane 3282, f. 47
Decorated initial 'C'(omplevimus) at the beginning of the Diaetarum. Image taken from f. 47 of Diaetarum. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role ... More
Initial 'A'. from BL Sloane 3049, f. 1
Initial 'A'. Image taken from f. 1 of Livre des anges. Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librarie... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 2135, ff. 52v-53
Decorated initial with a leaf pattern. Image taken from ff. 52v-53 of Collection of alchemical secrets. Written in English and Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cru... More
Historiated initial from BL Sloane 2401, ff. 45v-46
Historiated initial 'O'(r) illustrating 'Comme len doit garder les yeulx', in the Regime de vivre en quatre parties. Image taken from ff. 45v-46 of Regime de Santé. Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-175... More
Miniature from BL Sloane 2747, ff. 29v-30
Miniature of the Nativity, and decorated initial 'D'(eus), at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from ff. 29v-30 of Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Written in Latin, rubric (f. 95v) in ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 342, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'C'(um). Image taken from f. 1 of Medical miscellany. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums... More
Illuminated border and initial from BL Sloane 965, f. 25
Illuminated border and initial 'F'(or). Image taken from f. 25 of Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's A... More
Ram from BL Sloane 2435, f. 47v
Detail of initial with a ram. Image taken from f. 47v of Le Régime du corps (ff. 1-75v); Image du monde (ff. 77-133v). Written in French (Walloon dialect). Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natur... More
Decorated initial and border from BL Sloane 2945, ff. 19v-20
Decorated foliate initial 'C'(um) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of book 2 of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Liber ruralium. Image taken from ff. 19v-20 of Liber ruralium, followed by a tabu... More
Jonah from BL Sloane 346, f. 22v
Drawing of Jonah falling into the mouth of the whale, shown as a large fish. Image taken from f. 22v of Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect. Written in Latin, with added English interlinear translation. Si... More
Flourished initial from BL Sloane 1464, f. 1
Flourished initial 'C'(um), incorporating a shield with the symbols of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of John Mandeville's Itinerarium. Image taken from f. 1 of Travels (index Itinerarium, Voyage d'out... More
Microcosmic man from BL Sloane 282, f. 18
Drawing of microcosmic man, bounded by the spheres of the four elements and the planets, taking the place of Earth in the centre. Image taken from f. 18 of Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar ... More
Adam and Eve from BL Sloane 3451, f. 12
Detail of a drawing of Adam delving and Eve spinning, with children. Image taken from f. 12 of Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-175... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 334, f. 242v
Decorated initial 'S'(enes), and a partial border, at the beginning of Bernardus Gordonio's Tercia de tercia etate. Image taken from f. 242v of Lilium medicinae, etc. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-17... More
Mocking of Christ from BL Sloane 346, f. 5
Drawing of the Mocking of Christ. Image taken from f. 5 of Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect. Written in Latin, with added English interlinear translation. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 2409, f. 18
Puzzle initial 'P'(rimo), and zoomorphic cadels, in the Remedies. Image taken from f. 18 of Remedies (begins and ends imperfectly). Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist... More
Joseph from BL Sloane 346, f. 22
Drawing of Joseph being lowered into a pit. Image taken from f. 22 of Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect. Written in Latin, with added English interlinear translation. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ph... More
Nativity of the Virgin from BL Sloane 3451, f. 15
Detail of a drawing of the Nativity of the Virgin. Image taken from f. 15 of Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician... More
Resurrection from BL Sloane 346, f. 31
Drawing of the Resurrection, with Christ stepping on sleeping soldiers. Image taken from f. 31 of Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect. Written in Latin, with added English interlinear translation. Sir Hans... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 1613, f. 2
Puzzle initial 'M'(ulti), at the beginning of Bernardus's Meditationes piisimae de cognitione humanae. Image taken from f. 2 of Meditationes piisimae de cognitione humanae, etc. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloa... More
God in Majesty from BL Sloane 3451, f. 9
Drawing of God in Majesty with good and bad angels, and the mouth of hell. Image taken from f. 9 of Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (166... More
Initial and historiated border from BL Sloane 2157, f. 3
Decorated initial 'I'(n) with a historiated three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Magister Gerardus Cremonensis's Liber Canonis primus. Image taken from f. 3 of Liber Canonis. Written in Latin. Sir H... More
Decorated initial and border from BL Sloane 60, f. 13
Decorated initial 'T'(he), and three-sided foliate border, in the Maistir of game. Image taken from f. 13 of Maistir of Game (index Maister of Game) (ends imperfectly). Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (166... More
Detail from BL Sloane 361, f. 13
Image taken from f. 13 of Speculum humanae salvationis (ends imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British m... More
Image from BL Sloane 3429, f. 80v
Image taken from f. 80v of Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in... More
Container from BL Sloane 776, f. 134v
Detail of a marginal drawing of a container and bowl (?). Image taken from f. 134v of Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturali... More
Calendar and John the Evangelist from BL Sloane 2605, ff. 4v-5
Miniatures with the labour of the month and the zodiacal signs for November and December in the Calendar, and John the Evangelist writing the Apocalypse, with his martyrdom in the bas-de-page, at the beginning ... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3544, f. 1
Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum). Image taken from f. 1 of Bestiary. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums ... More
Detail from BL Sloane 361, f. 12v
Image taken from f. 12v of Speculum humanae salvationis (ends imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British ... More
God the Father and angels from BL Sloane 3049, f. 2
Miniature of God the Father and angels, decorated initial 'A'(ngelique), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Livre des anges. Image taken from f. 2 of Livre des anges. Written in French. Sir Hans ... More
Man from BL Sloane 2435, f. 46 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of an historiated initial with a man stirring a substance in a barrel. Image taken from f. 46 of Le Régime du corps (ff. 1-75v); Image du monde (ff. 77-133v). Written in French (Walloon dialect). Sir Ha... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1615, f. 46
Decorated initial 'P'(ractica) at the beginning of Bartholomaeus of Salerno's Practica. Image taken from f. 46 of Medical miscellany, including the Viaticum (ff. 4-44); Practica (ff. 46-68v); part of the Chirur... More
Jerome from BL Sloane 1579, ff. 2v-3
Miniature of Jerome, white vine initial 'M'(ihi), and partial white vine border including putti holding a wreath, at the beginning of Rufinus Tyrannius's Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad pap... More
Historiated initial and border from BL Sloane 2466, f. 259
Historiated initial 'U' with Andrew, and a full foliate border with a bird, in the Brevary. Image taken from f. 259 of Breviary, Use of Rome. Written in Latin and English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a phy... More
Detail from BL Sloane 503, f. 104v
Detail of decorated initial. Image taken from f. 104v of Icelandic Gradual. Written in Icelandic and Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the developme... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 1110, ff. 37v-38
Illuminated initial 'P'(ro) and partial foliate border with gold balls at the beginning of the canon for the discovery of the sun's degree in its sign on every day. Image taken from ff. 37v-38 of Kalendarium, i... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3098, f. 61v
Puzzle initial 'M'(orbi). Image taken from f. 61v of The Pantegni (ff. 1-126); De melancolia, De coitu, De stomacho. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cr... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1609, f. 8
Decorated 'KL' initials, at the beginning of July in the calendar. Image taken from f. 8 of Calendar. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in t... More
Genitals from BL Sloane 776, f. 41v
Marginal drawing of diseased genitals. Image taken from f. 41v of Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cruc... More
Annunciation from BL Sloane 961 or 2467, f. 13
Miniature of the Annunciation, historiated frame with Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate, Birth of the Virgin, and Presentation of the child Virgin to the temple, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the begin... More
Initial and border from BL Sloane 2560, f. 1
Decorated initial 'Q'(ui), and full foliate border with putti and birds, at the beginning of the Alchemical treatises. Image taken from f. 1 of Alchemical treatises. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-175... More