• Tables, bloodletting man and table of lunar-zodiacal correspondences., Physician's folding almanac, including a calendar (ff. [1]-[4])

Tables, bloodletting man and table of lunar-zodiacal correspondences. An English portable physician's folding almanac with calendrical and computus information. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Bloodletting man (f. [5v]).

• Calendar for January and February in a physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including a calendar (ff. [1]-[4])

Calendar for January and February in a physician's folding almanac. An English portable physician's folding almanac with calendrical and computus information. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Bloodletting man

• Diagrams of some 'pictura urinarum', in a medical treatise., Medical treatises

20). Small initials in plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician

• Drawing of a zodiacal man, in a medical treatise., Medical treatises

20). Small initials in plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Jerome's Psalter (ff. 180-204), the fifteen O's of St Bridget introduced by a long rubric in English (ff. 204-221). Some long rubrics in English. Catchwords.Quire signatures. 2 historiated initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves, with full border with

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

August (bound upside down) on the right. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables with words in red. Almanac, with a calendar,

• Detail of illuminated initial., De Regimine Principis

Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. De Regimine Principis Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (ff. 1v, 90v, 91).Thomas More's 'Rueful Lamentation' on the death of Queen Elizabeth, 1503 (ff. 88v-89).Sir Hans Sloane

• Medallion of Taurus and the illuminated initial 'T'(aurus)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with sprays

• Medallion of Scorpio and the illuminated initial 'S'(corpio)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with sprays

• Decorated initial with a leaf pattern., Collection of alchemical secrets

or pen-flourishing. Large initials in brown with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Collection of alchemical secrets Later additions in English and Latin, and alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers,

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms. A very small girdle book, bound in gold.John Croke was one of the clerks in Chancery.Contents: ff. 2-5: Veni Creator; ff. 6-68v: seven Penitential Psalms followed by the Gloria

• Marginal drawing of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man. 3 large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 1, 9, 26v). Initials for the

• Coat of arms., Text regarding English laws

English laws Part 1: Effaced inscription (f. 86).Mundeford family?, 1445: inscribed in the calendar 'hac die nata e[st] anna Mundeford. Anno d[omi]ni m cccc xl v^o^' (f. 6).Added prayer 'Obsecro te', 15th-century cursive hand (ff. 84-6). Added text in

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146) English annotations, 16th century (ff. 17, 23, 74v, 119v).William Reynolds, 17th century: (signature, ff. 60, 115, and partial copy of

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146) English annotations, 16th century (ff. 17, 23, 74v, 119v).William Reynolds, 17th century: (signature, ff. 60, 115, and partial copy of

• Initial-word panel formed as a castle., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscription in English: ‘This Book called Baal Lashon i.e. Master of Language is an Hebrew Dictionary composed by R. Joseph Zark in

• Initial-word panel formed as a castle, with a male bust and a hare in the margin., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscription in English: ‘This Book called Baal Lashon i.e. Master of Language is an Hebrew Dictionary composed by R. Joseph Zark in

• Detail of pen drawings of a male bust and a hare in the margin., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscription in English: ‘This Book called Baal Lashon i.e. Master of Language is an Hebrew Dictionary composed by R. Joseph Zark in

• Initial 'D'(omine) decorated with foliate forms on a gold ground with full border in gold and colours., Book of Hours

red or blue. Book of Hours Added prayer in Dutch, 16th century (f. 113).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial and border Netherlands Netherlands, S., or France, N.