• Text page with coloured initials and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

mon[achum]' (f. I verso).Flyleaf (f. i) contains farm accounts from Hoo and Halstow, Kent in a 13th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 830'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Coloured initial and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

mon[achum]' (f. I verso).Flyleaf (f. i) contains farm accounts from Hoo and Halstow, Kent in a 13th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 830'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• null, Medical treatises

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 and collector. Purchased as

• null, Medical treatises

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 and collector. Purchased as

• Drawing of flasks., Medical treatises

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 and collector. Purchased

• 3 jars., Medical treatises

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 and collector. Purchased

• null, Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment

in red. Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment The Cistercian nunnery of St Mary and St Mauritius, Medingen, lower Saxony: inscription 'Liber sanctae Marie virginis sanctique mauritii in medinghe' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• 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,

• 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,

• 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

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Hill, M. D., 22 March 1803: note stating that on a leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the old cover was written 'Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey of Saint Albons in thys yeare of our

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Hill, M. D., 22 March 1803: note stating that on a leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the old cover was written 'Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey of Saint Albons in thys yeare of our

• Detail of historiated initial of God creating the world, at the beginning of Genesis., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

penwork decoration, or in blue with red and sometimes blue penwork decoration, many with faces. Highlighting of letters in red. Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues Written by George Rorer in Regensburg in 1465: with his colophon