Text from BL Sloane 1044, f. 2 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Fragment of John 21, from an 8th-century Gospel book, probably from Northumbria. Image taken from f. 2 of Fragment of a Gospel Book (John 21:16). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician a... More
Palms from BL Sloane 2030, ff. 125v-126
Diagrams of hands. Image taken from ff. 125v-126 of Miscellany, including a chiromantic text, including the Hands of prognostications (ff. 125-126v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physici... More
Detail: from BL Sloane 263, f. 50v
Image taken from f. 50v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British muse... More
Diagrams from BL Sloane 2030, ff. 113v-114
Diagrams. Image taken from ff. 113v-114 of Miscellany, including a chiromantic text, including the Hands of prognostications (ff. 125-126v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and na... More
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
Detail: from BL Sloane 263, f. 50v
Image taken from f. 50v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British muse... More
Detail: from BL Sloane 263, f. 47v
Image taken from f. 47v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British muse... More
Detail: from BL Sloane 263, f. 2v
Image taken from f. 2v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museu... More
Detail: from BL Sloane 263, f. 47v
Image taken from f. 47v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British muse... 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 initials from BL Sloane 263, f. 50v
Decorated initials 'A'(quila) and 'D'(elphin), in an Astronomical treatise. Image taken from f. 50v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician... 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, ff. 44v- 45
Detail of decorated initials in a 12th-century fragment of the Psalms. Image taken from ff. 44v- 45 of Bifolium of a Psalter, including Psalms 77 and 71. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a phy... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 124
Decorated initials 'R'(epelle) and 'A'(d) in a 12th-century leaf from a Sacramentary. Image taken from f. 124 of Leaf from a Sacramentary. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natu... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, ff. 44v-45
Decorated initials in a 12th-century fragment of the Psalms. Image taken from ff. 44v-45 of Bifolium of a Psalter, including Psalms 77 and 71. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and ... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 124
Detail of decorated initials in a 12th-century leaf from a Sacramentary. Image taken from f. 124 of Leaf from a Sacramentary. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who pl... 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
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
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
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 135
Decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal. Image taken from f. 135 of Fragment of a leaf from a noted Missal, with part of the feast of Peter. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ... 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
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 133
Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf with a quotation from Ecclesiaticus. Image taken from f. 133 of Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1... More
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 91v
Miniatures of plants with two monkeys. Image taken from f. 91v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British mu... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 135
Detail of a decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal. Image taken from f. 135 of Fragment of a leaf from a noted Missal, with part of the feast of Peter. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-... More
Coloured letters from BL Sloane 1044, f. 61v
Coloured letters in a late 12th or early 13th century glossed Matthew, chapter 2. Image taken from f. 61v of 2 leaves from a glossed Gospel, of Matthew 2. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ph... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 133
Decorated initials from 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. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist ... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 132
Decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal. Image taken from f. 132 of Fragment of a leaf with readings for the feast for Laurence. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician an... 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
Coronation of the Virgin from BL Sloane 2726, f. 92v
Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from f. 92v of Book of Hours, Use of Rome (begins and ends imperfectly, and misbound). Written in ... 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
Detail from BL Sloane 2476, f. 24
Image taken from f. 24 of Miscellany, including alchemical texts, such as the Rosarius philosophorum (ff. 11-39). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cruci... More
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 75v
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 75v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librari... 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
Plant from BL Sloane 4016, f. 96v
Miniature of a plant. Image taken from f. 96v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librari... 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
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 81
Miniatures of plants and a frog. Image taken from f. 81 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums a... 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
Image from BL Sloane 3983, f. 22
Image taken from f. 22 of Treatise on astrology. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries. Sloa... 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
David from BL Sloane 2419, f. 72v
Detail of a miniature of David in penitence. 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 ... 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
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 12v
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 12v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librari... 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
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 47v
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 47v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librari... More
Image from BL Sloane 2560, f. 12v
Image taken from f. 12v of Alchemical treatises. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries. Sloa... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 140
Detail of decorated initials. Image taken from f. 140 of Leaf of a noted Missal, with part of the Easter season. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucia... 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
Apes from BL Sloane 3544, f. 7v
Miniature of a man with a dog hunting apes. Image taken from f. 7v of Bestiary. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of Brit... More
Plant from BL Sloane 4016, f. 99v
Miniature of a plant and a crocodile. Image taken from f. 99v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British mus... More
Miniature of animals. from BL Sloane 3544, f. 7
Miniature of animals. Image taken from f. 7 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 and librari... More
Plants and figure from BL Sloane 4016, f. 2
Miniature of plants and a human figure, holding two spheres. Image taken from f. 2 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the devel... More
Detail from BL Sloane 2017, f. 1
Image taken from f. 1 of Centum proverbia (ff. 1-39v); De situ orbis (ff. 40-86v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of B... More
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 56
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 56 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librarie... More
Detail from BL Sloane 2466, f. 259
Image taken from f. 259 of Breviary, Use of Rome. Written in Latin and English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and li... More
Tree and snake from BL Sloane 4016, f. 65v
Miniatures of a tree and a snake. Image taken from f. 65v of Herbal. 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
Stephen from BL Sloane 2321, f. 135v
Miniature of Stephen. Image taken from f. 135v of Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in t... More
Urine glasses from BL Sloane 1313, ff. 79v-80
Drawings of urine glasses. Image taken from ff. 79v-80 of Medical miscellany, including a Zodiacal lunary (ff. 94-103); the Physiognomy section of the Secretum secretorum (ff. 84-86v); a treatise on the oil of ... 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 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
Monk from BL Sloane 2565, f. 17v
Miniature of the martyrdom of a nimbed tonsured monk, praying before an altar, with four soldiers approaching from behind with raised swords, and a full foliate border. Image taken from f. 17v of Book of Hours,... More
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 25v
Miniatures of plants, crabs, and a scorpion. Image taken from f. 25v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of Brit... 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
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1086, f. 35
Decorated initials. Image taken from f. 35 of Fragment of a Psalter, with part of Psalms 11-13, with the recto bound as the verso. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist w... More
Plant from BL Sloane 1975, f. 17
Miniature of the plant Artemisia leptasillos. Image taken from f. 17 of Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus... More
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 61v
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 61v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librari... 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
Beaver from BL Sloane 3544, f. 6
Miniature of a man hunting a beaver with a dog. Image taken from f. 6 of Bestiary. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of B... 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
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 22
Miniature of plants. Image taken from f. 22 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 169v
Decorated initials in a glossed text. Image taken from f. 169v of Two fragments of glossed leaves of a legal(?) text. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a c... More
Detail from BL Sloane 3217, f. 1
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 Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cruc... More
Sheep from BL Sloane 4016, f. 6v
Detail of a miniature of two sheep. Image taken from f. 6v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museum... More
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 53
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 53 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librarie... More
Image from BL Sloane 3983, f. 30
Image taken from f. 30 of Treatise on astrology. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries. Sloa... 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
Mandrake from BL Sloane 4016, f. 56v
Miniature of plants, including a mandrake plant with a naked male body as the root. Image taken from f. 56v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a ... More
Bird from BL Sloane 1171, f. 19v
Detail of a drawing including a bird. Image taken from f. 19v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cr... 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
Inscriptions from BL Sloane 323, f. 1
Inscriptions. Image taken from f. 1 of Alchemical treatises. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and lib... 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
Gabriel from BL Sloane 3853, f. 124
Drawing of Gabriel. Image taken from f. 124 of Miscellany of tracts on magic, including The Divine Seal of Solomon (ff. 127v-137v). Written in Latin, English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and na... 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
Scorpion from BL Sloane 4016, f. 3v
Detail of a miniature of a scorpion. Image taken from f. 3v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museu... More
Anatomical drawings from BL Sloane 3844, f. 6
Anatomical drawings. Image taken from f. 6 of Practica medicinalis. 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
Plants from BL Sloane 4016, f. 82v
Miniatures of plants, including roses. Image taken from f. 82v of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British mu... More
Plant and boar from BL Sloane 4016, f. 77
Miniature of a plant and a boar or pig, labelled 'porcina caro'. Image taken from f. 77 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the ... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 226
Decorated initials. 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 developm... More
Frogs from BL Sloane 1171, f. 20
Detail of a drawing including frogs. Image taken from f. 20 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cruc... 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
Image from BL Sloane 2560, f. 10
Image taken from f. 10 of Alchemical treatises. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries. Sloan... 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