• Drawings of furnaces, stills, jars for drawing off liquid, and other apparatus used for the alchemical transmutation of metals and for preparing medicines., Medical miscellany, including Arderne's Liber medicinarum (ff. 26-99); list of herbs in Latin and English

with red (ff. 23, 25, 25v). Medical miscellany, including Arderne's Liber medicinarum (ff. 26-99); list of herbs in Latin and English Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from

• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. Other cuttings from the same parent Antiphoner include: Bern, Randall Collection; Bratislava, Slovenská Národní Galerie, inv. 03266; Cambridge,

• Detail of a medallion with Jerome., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Detail of a monochrome angel., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul handing the book to the messenger Phebe at the beginning of Romans., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial at the beginning of Luke, with Luke shown writing, with the head of his symbol, an ox, and an illuminated initial below of Zacharias censing the altar (Luke 1:9)., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of Acts, of Luke writing and of Theophilus, to whom the Acts are addressed in the opening lines, with two smaller decorated illuminated initials., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of I Peter, of Peter writing, and his arrest; the buildings at the top probably represent the cities to which Peter's epistle was addressed., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul in prison, giving a scroll to a messenger, at the beginning of Philippians., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome choir of angels, medallions inhabited with saints, and ‘drôlerie’ of a Franciscan monk, dressed in the Order’s original grey hooded habit, climbing amongst the foliage., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of a miniature of the Visitation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of historiated initial of a nun., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane