Diagrams from BL Sloane 702, ff. 20v-21
Astronomical moveable diagrams, on the left with a pointing standing man in the centre. Image taken from ff. 20v-21 of Astronomical and medical miscellany, including a volvelle and tables of the mansions of the... More
Musical notation from BL Sloane 121, f. 127
Musical notation. Image taken from f. 127 of Medical miscellany, including the medical rules according to the homo signorum (ff. 35-36); a recipe for gingerbread. Written in Latin, English. Sir Hans Sloane (16... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 134v
Text page. Image taken from f. 134v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Text page from BL Harley 1585, f. 7
Text page. Image taken from f. 7 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in Latin. The "B... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 44
Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 44 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff... More
Volvelle from BL Sloane 405, f. 4
A volvelle, a device with moveable discs rotating with a fixed matrix, the pointing moveable index of which could be set at the sign and degree of the zodiac for a particular day in order to predict the best ti... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 962, f. 55
Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) and foliate border. Image taken from f. 55 of Medical miscellany, including treatises on diet and bloodletting (f. 72v); a leechbook; Agnus castus (ff. 249-251); Gallen's dietary (f... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 126v
Text page. Image taken from f. 126v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 124v
Text page. Image taken from f. 124v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Lions and bull from BL Harley 1585, ff. 66v-67
Miniatures of a lion, a lioness, and a bull. Image taken from ff. 66v-67 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animal... More
Flourished initials from BL Eg 2340, f. 10
Image taken from f. 10 of Medical texts, including the Cyrurgia (ff. 3-82), and the Practicella extracta ex dictis Mesue principaliter (ff. 84-100). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named... More
Text and pen-flourished initial from BL Harley 5425, f. 94
Text and pen-flourished initial 'I'(ntendimus). Image taken from f. 94 of Commentaries on the Ars medicine (index Ars medicinae), and other medical texts. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to... More
Lecturing from BL Sloane 512, f. 345v
Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum. Image taken from f. 345v of ... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 57
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 57 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f... More
December from BL Eg 2572, f. 49v
Calendar page for December. Image taken from f. 49v of Calendar, diagrams; medical texts. Written in Latin and English. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-16... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3525, f. 24
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 24 of Medical miscellany, including Aldebrandino of Siena's Régime du corps (ff. 24-81); Herbal 'Circa instans' (ff. 108-178v); Roger Frugard's Chirurgia (ff. 180-208); the A... More
Animals. from BL Harley 4986, f. 48
Miniatures of animals, including a boar. Image taken from f. 48 of Medical miscellany, including a herbal and a bestiary (see Notes). Written in Latin, with glosses in Glosses in Latin, German and Greek. The "... More
Coloured initial from BL Harley 1684, f. 105
Coloured initial 'H' and table of contents at the beginning of Lanfrancus de Mediolano, 'Chirurgia parva'. Image taken from f. 105 of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thien... More
Plant from BL Harley 1585, f. 18v
Miniature of a plant. Image taken from f. 18v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in L... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 123
Text page. Image taken from f. 123 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 53
Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 53 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 119
Text page. Image taken from f. 119 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 55
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 55 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f... More
Astrological diagram from BL Harley 3719, f. 155v
Astrological diagram with volvelles. Image taken from f. 155v of Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a co... More
Two pilgrims with staffs from BL Add 10289, f. 1
Historiated initial 'M'(olz) with two pilgrims at the beginning of 'Li Romanz du Mont Saint-Michel'. Image taken from f. 1 of Li romanz du Mont Saint-Michel (f. 1); Une estoire de la resurrection de Jesu Crist ... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 1684, f. 5
Coloured initial with penwork decoration in red at the beginning of Thomas Schellinck of Thienen, 'Chirurgia'. Image taken from f. 5 of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thi... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 121v
Text page. Image taken from f. 121v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Horse from BL Harley 1585, f. 68v
Detail of a marginal drawing of a horse. Image taken from f. 68v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see N... More
map from "Madeira, its climate and scenery: containing medical and gen...
This image has been taken from scan 000016 from "Madeira, its climate and scenery: containing medical and general information; ... a tour of the Island, and an appendix". The title and subject terms of this ima... More
Linosyris pulchella from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Co...
This image has been taken from scan 000288 from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers by Captain L. Sitgreaves ... Illustrations. (Report on ... Natural History ... by S. W. Woodhouse. Zool... More
Belvidere from "The Medical Institutions of Glasgow ... Compiled and e...
This image has been taken from scan 000109 from "The Medical Institutions of Glasgow ... Compiled and edited ... by J. Christie". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created... More
Medical staff of the General Hospital for Indian troops, Pavilion and ...
Reference: Photo 24/(4)..From the Girdwood Collection held by the British Library..This image is part of the Europeana Collections 1914-1918 ( ) ..Date: 1915..See also:.- View this at the British Library's sit... More
Text page from BL Harley 585, f. 161v manuscript
Text page. Image taken from f. 161v of Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis femininis' a... More
Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 177
Image taken from f. 177 of Medical treatise. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries. Sloane... More
Zodiac man from BL Sloane 433, f. 99
Drawing of Zodiac man, with the signs marked. Image taken from f. 99 of Medical miscellany. Written in English, Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in th... More
Image from BL Sloane 6, f. 144v
Image taken from f. 144v of Medical treatise. Written in English. 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
Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 30v-31
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 30v-31 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 978, f. 118
Initial with penwork decoration at the beginning of Marie de France, Lais. Image taken from f. 118 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fa... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 50v
Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 50v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f... More
Plants and centaur from BL Harley 1585, ff. 28v-29
Miniatures of plants; miniature of a centaur holding a plant. Image taken from ff. 28v-29 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial pro... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 57v
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 57v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 274, ff. 2v-3
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum. Image taken from ff. 2v-3 of Medical treatises, including Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum (ff. 1-79v). Written in L... More
Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 92v
Historiated initial 'N' of a doctor with a patient, who is pointing towards his stomach. Image taken from f. 92v of Medical miscellany, including the Book on Simple Drugs (Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplici... More
Diagrams from BL Eg 2852, f. 55
Diagrams of procedures. Image taken from f. 55 of Medical and scientific treatises, including recipes, and a dietary (ff. 100v-101); Physiognomia VII (ff. 115-126). Written in Latin and English. The Egerton Ma... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 150
Text page. Image taken from f. 150 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W... More
Physician from BL Harley 1585, f. 12v
Detail of a miniature of a physician conjuring the earth. Image taken from f. 12v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties ... More
Winds from BL Sloane 795, f. 20
Diagrams of the winds, with the four elements, and the four qualities. Image taken from f. 20 of Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sl... More
Urine glasses from BL Sloane 7, f. 59v
Detail of the lower part of the folio showing urine glasses with different bands of colour and floating particles at various levels, with the colours marked in Greek: 'kyanos' (blue), on the left, and 'inopos' ... More
Plants from BL Sloane 335, ff. 81v-82
Drawings, some tinted, of various plants. Image taken from ff. 81v-82 of Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalis... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 52
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 52 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f... More
Decorated initials from BL Arundel 162, f. 63v
Decorated initials. Image taken from f. 63v of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, p... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 585, f. 57 manuscript
Initial 'W' decorated with the image of Agnus Dei (index lamb in glory). Image taken from f. 57 of Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (... More
Decorated initials from BL Arundel 162, f. 166
Decorated initials. Image taken from f. 166 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, p... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, f. 39
Miniature of plants. Image taken from f. 39 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in Lat... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 84v-85
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 84v-85 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More
Doctor from BL Arundel 295, f. 256
Illuminated miniature of a physician taking the pulse of a woman patient. Image taken from f. 256 of Medical miscellany, including a plant glossary, the Pseudo-Macer's De viribus herbarum (ff. 222-233). Written... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 9
Puzzle initial 'O'(mnis), at the beginning of Hippocrates' Prognostica. Image taken from f. 9 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscr... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 1735, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'G'(od) with a tree with a vine entwined around the trunk, and foliate extensions. Image taken from f. 1 of John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recip... More
Circular map from BL Sloane 702, f. 1v
Circular map of the world. Image taken from f. 1v of Astronomical and medical miscellany, including a volvelle and tables of the mansions of the moon. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physic... 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
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 137v
Text page. Image taken from f. 137v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 585, f. 130 manuscript
Decorated initial 'P'. Image taken from f. 130 of Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis f... More
Diagram from BL Arundel 295, f. 265
Diagram. Image taken from f. 265 of Medical miscellany, including a plant glossary, the Pseudo-Macer's De viribus herbarum (ff. 222-233). Written in Latin and German. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amas... More
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 115, f. 134v
Puzzle initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Nicolai's Antidotarium. Image taken from f. 134v of Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amas... More
Psammophis flavigularis from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni an...
This image has been taken from scan 000230 from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers by Captain L. Sitgreaves ... Illustrations. (Report on ... Natural History ... by S. W. Woodhouse. Zool... More
Ord's kangaroo rat from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Col...
This image has been taken from scan 000111 from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers by Captain L. Sitgreaves ... Illustrations. (Report on ... Natural History ... by S. W. Woodhouse. Zool... More
Sheet music from BL Add 60577, f. 190v
Sheet music. Image taken from f. 190v of Miscellany, including sheet music, a sermon, medical recipes, and other texts. Written in Middle English, Latin.
Image from BL Sloane 6, f. 177 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 177 of Medical treatise. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and libraries. Sloane... More
Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 76v
Text page of Thomas Schellinck of Thienen, 'Chirurgia'. Image taken from f. 76v of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Mediolano (ff. 105-14... More
Diagrams and table from BL Sloane 213, f. 124
Diagrams and table. Image taken from f. 124 of Medical miscellany, including a lunary; rules for the canicular days (ff. 111v-112); Liber de diversisi medicinis; portion of the Secretum secretorum (f. 118v). Wr... More
Flourished initials from BL Sloane 634, ff. 21v-22
Flourished initials 'V'(igilie) and 'F'(renesis), in a book on the practice on medecine. Image taken from ff. 21v-22 of Medical treatises. Written in English and Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physic... More
Surgical implements from BL Sloane 6, f. 177v
Detail of drawings of surgical implements. Image taken from f. 177v of Medical treatise. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the developm... More
Table from BL Sloane 1315, f. 28
Table. Image taken from f. 28 of Medical compilation, including a calendar (ff. 17-22v); The Seven Planets (ff. 3-36v); Homo signorum (ff. 68-69); a leechbook, 'The Thyrtty Days of the Mone', in verse (ff. 49-... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 154v
Text page. Image taken from f. 154v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 51
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 51 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f... More
Flourished initials from BL Sloane 1214, ff. 37v-38
Flourished initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of the liber oculorum. Image taken from ff. 37v-38 of Miscellany of medical treatises (begins incompletely). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a phys... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 146
Text page. Image taken from f. 146 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W... More
Bloodletting-zodiac man from BL Harley 3719, f. 158v
Detail of a miniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand. Image taken from f. 158v of Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical t... More
Flourished initial from BL Sloane 1986, f. 4
Flourished initial 'C', at the beginning of the Liber de dismembratura ciborum. Image taken from f. 4 of Medical treatises. Written in Latin and English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natural... More
Plants and centaur from BL Harley 1585, ff. 21v-22
Miniatures of plants; miniature of a woman offering a plant to a centaur. Image taken from ff. 21v-22 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharm... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 53v-54
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 53v-54 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 151v
Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 151v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 225, f. 2
Initial 'H' at the beginning of Odo of Meung's De viribus herbarum. Image taken from f. 2 of De viribus herbarum and a short medical text. Written in Latin; with German glosses. The Arundel Manuscript Collecti... More
Man and snake from BL Harley 1585, f. 19
Miniatures of a man spearing a snake with a sword near a plant, and a man taking another's pulse, with a bird and dog. Image taken from f. 19 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a he... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 118v
Text page. Image taken from f. 118v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Ptolemy making a prediction from BL Royal 12 F VII, f. 112
Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(osquam) of Ptolemy making a prediction about nativity, with a mother and child, at the beginning of book 3. Image taken from f. 112 of Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical a... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 41v
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 41v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (... More
Basil and snakes from BL Harley 4986, f. 43v
Miniature of basil with snakes. Image taken from f. 43v of Medical miscellany, including a herbal and a bestiary (see Notes). Written in Latin, with glosses in Glosses in Latin, German and Greek. The "BL Harle... More
Surgical procedure from BL Sloane 335, f. 30
Detail of a drawing in the right margin of a surgical procedure. Image taken from f. 30 of Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physi... More
Physician from BL Harley 1585, f. 12v
Detail of a miniature of a physician conjuring the earth. Image taken from f. 12v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties ... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 43v
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 43v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 151
Text page. Image taken from f. 151 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 128v
Text page. Image taken from f. 128v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 144v
Text page. Image taken from f. 144v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 962, f. 5
Decorated initial 'M'(edicine) and foliate border. Image taken from f. 5 of Medical miscellany, including treatises on diet and bloodletting (f. 72v); a leechbook; Agnus castus (ff. 249-251); Gallen's dietary (... More
Doctor from BL Sloane 512, f. 270
Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora. Image taken from... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 3666, f. 2
Illuminated initial 'F'(or) and border at the beginning of Guy de Chauliac's Surgery. Image taken from f. 2 of Surgery, imperfect; with medical receipts. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a p... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 148v
Text page. Image taken from f. 148v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 125v
Text page. Image taken from f. 125v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by ... More
Teaching from BL Harley 3140, f. 32v
Detail of a historiated initial 'B' with a university doctor holding a flask and teaching urine examination to two students, who also hold flasks. Image taken from f. 32v of Medical texts, known as the Articell... More