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Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 176

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 176

Image taken from f. 176 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. 143v

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 143v

Text page of Jan Yperman, 'Chirurgia'. Image taken from f. 143v of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Mediolano (ff. 105-140), and Jan Yper... More

Text page. from BL Harley 1684, f. 142

Text page. from BL Harley 1684, f. 142

Table of contents to Jan Yperman, 'Chirurgia', with headings and initials in red. Image taken from f. 142 of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancu... More

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 105v

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 105v

End of table of contents of Lanfrancus de Mediolano, 'Chirurgia parva'. Image taken from f. 105v of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Medi... More

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 176

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 176

Image taken from f. 176 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

Image from BL Sloane 6, f. 177 - Public domain medieval manuscript

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

Plant from BL Harley 4986, f. 1v

Plant from BL Harley 4986, f. 1v

Miniature of a plant. Image taken from f. 1v 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 Harley Manuscrip... More

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 48v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 48v

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 48v 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

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 122

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 122

Text page. Image taken from f. 122 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. 132v

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 132v

Text page. Image taken from f. 132v 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 341, ff. 101v-102

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

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 58v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 58v

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 58v 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

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 58

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 58

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 58 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

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 51

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 51

Puzzle initial and decorated initials. Image taken from f. 51 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by th... More

Decorated initials from BL Arundel 166, ff. 42v-43

Decorated initials from BL Arundel 166, ff. 42v-43

Decorated initials in a medical miscellany. Image taken from ff. 42v-43 of Preface to Compositiones, De medicamentis liber. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family,... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 55v-56

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 55v-56

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 55v-56 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Urine glasses from BL Sloane 1313, ff. 79v-80

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 initials from BL Arundel 162, f. 186v

Decorated initials from BL Arundel 162, f. 186v

Decorated initials. Image taken from f. 186v of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, ... More

Physician from BL Harley 1585, f. 7v

Physician from BL Harley 1585, f. 7v

Miniature of a physician and assistant mixing medicine. Image taken from f. 7v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of ... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 157v

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 157v

Text page. Image taken from f. 157v 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 initial from BL Harley 978, f. 138v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 138v

Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 138v 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

Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3229, f. 1

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

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 59v

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 59v

Text page. Image taken from f. 59v 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. 61v

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 61v

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 61v 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 and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 54v

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 54v

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 54v 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 and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 127v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 127v

Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 127v 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 and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 45v

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 45v

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 45v 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

Plants. from BL Harley 1585, ff. 31v-32

Plants. from BL Harley 1585, ff. 31v-32

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 31v-32 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 124

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 124

Text page. Image taken from f. 124 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

Flourished initial from BL Sloane 3002, ff. 9v-10

Flourished initial from BL Sloane 3002, ff. 9v-10

Flourished initial 'N'(a), at the beginning of the prologue to the 'Arzneibuch'. Image taken from ff. 9v-10 of Medical treatises. Written in German. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist w... More

Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3486, f. 58

Decorated initial from BL Sloane 3486, f. 58

Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 58 of Medical miscellany, including Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff 91-139), imperfect, On buboes (ff. 139-140); Guy de Chauliac's On bloodletting (f. 147v);... More

Text page with coloured initial from BL Harley 5635, f. 251

Text page with coloured initial from BL Harley 5635, f. 251

Text page with coloured initial. Image taken from f. 251 of Collection of letters and philosophical, medical, scientific, and grammatical treatises attributed to classical authors. Written in Greek. The "BL Ha... More

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 49

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 49

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 49 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

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 157

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 157

Text page. Image taken from f. 157 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. 42v

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 42v

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 42v 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 342, f. 119v

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 Harley 1585, ff. 41v-42

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 41v-42

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 41v-42 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 120

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 120

Text page. Image taken from f. 120 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. 62v

Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 62v

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 62v 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

Author portrait from BL Sloane 2947, f. 67

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

Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1610, f. 2

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

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 60v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 60v

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 60v 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

Image from BL Harley 1585, f. 15

Image from BL Harley 1585, f. 15

Image taken from f. 15 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley M... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 42v-43

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 42v-43

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 42v-43 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Plant from BL Sloane 1975, f. 17

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

Pen drawing from BL Harley 2558, f. 92v

Pen drawing from BL Harley 2558, f. 92v

Detail of a pen drawing accompanying a medical recipe for stomach-ache. Image taken from f. 92v of Commonplace book and medical miscellany put together by Thomas Fayreford, including a list of his medical cases... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 22v-23

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 22v-23

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 22v-23 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 130

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 130

Text page. Image taken from f. 130 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

map from "Austria: its literary, scientific, and medical institutions. With notes upon the present state of Science, and a guide to the hospitals and sanatory establishments of Vienna"

map from "Austria: its literary, scientific, and medical institutions....

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "Austria: its literary, scientific, and medical institutions. With notes upon the present state of Science, and a guide to the hospitals and sanatory establishmen... More

striped whipsnake from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers by Captain L. Sitgreaves ... Illustrations. (Report on ... Natural History ... by S. W. Woodhouse. Zoology: mammals and birds by S. W. Woodhouse; reptiles by E. Hallowell; fishes by S. F. Baird and C. Girard. Botany: by Professor J. Torrey. Medical report; by S. W. Woodhouse.)"

striped whipsnake from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colo...

This image has been taken from scan 000234 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

Switzerland from "Wanderings in search of Health; or, medical and meteorological notes on various foreign health resorts ... With illustrations"

Switzerland from "Wanderings in search of Health; or, medical and mete...

This image has been taken from scan 000068 from "Wanderings in search of Health; or, medical and meteorological notes on various foreign health resorts ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of th... More

Text page from BL Royal 20 B V, f. 148

Text page from BL Royal 20 B V, f. 148

Text page. Image taken from f. 148 of Devotional and medical miscellany. Written in French and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts ... More

Decorated initials from BL Sloane 962, f. 56

Decorated initials from BL Sloane 962, f. 56

Decorated initials. Image taken from f. 56 of Medical miscellany, including treatises on diet and bloodletting (f. 72v); a leechbook; Agnus castus (ff. 249-251); Gallen's dietary (ff. 72v-73); Liber medicinarum... More

Diagram from BL Sloane 962, f. 212

Diagram from BL Sloane 962, f. 212

Diagram. Image taken from f. 212 of Medical miscellany, including treatises on diet and bloodletting (f. 72v); a leechbook; Agnus castus (ff. 249-251); Gallen's dietary (ff. 72v-73); Liber medicinarum (ff. 123v... More

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 73v

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 73v

Text page of Thomas Schellinck of Thienen, 'Chirurgia'. Image taken from f. 73v of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Mediolano (ff. 105-14... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 155v

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 155v

Text page. Image taken from f. 155v 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

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 26v-27

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 26v-27

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 26v-27 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 32v-33

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 32v-33

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 32v-33 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Horse from BL Harley 1585, f. 68v

Horse from BL Harley 1585, f. 68v

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 Notes). Writt... More

Bishop from BL Sloane 3554, f. 13

Bishop from BL Sloane 3554, f. 13

Marginal drawing of a bust of a bishop, with a possibly ownership inscription below. Image taken from f. 13 of Medical miscellany, including the Experimentarius; a compilation of treatises on physiognomy (f. 89... More

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 112v

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 112v

Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of a doctor with a patient, who is pointing at his face. Image taken from f. 112v of Medical miscellany, including the Book on Simple Drugs (Liber aggregatus in medicinis si... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 91v-92

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 91v-92

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 91v-92 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 52v-53

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 52v-53

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 52v-53 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 47v-48

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 47v-48

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 47v-48 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 Sloane 1610, f. 2

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

Vessel from BL Sloane 795, f. 54

Vessel from BL Sloane 795, f. 54

Detail of a marginal drawing of a vessel. Image taken from f. 54 of Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physic... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 85v-86

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 85v-86

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 85v-86 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Cautery points from BL Sloane 2839, f. 2v

Cautery points from BL Sloane 2839, f. 2v

Drawing of a surgeon holding an iron and a bowl of corrosives or ointment, about to cauterise a man with cautery points marked. Image taken from f. 2v of Medical tracts, including Liber cirurgium cauterium; De ... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 123v

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 123v

Text page. Image taken from f. 123v 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

Zoomorphic initial from BL Sloane 1584, f. 1

Zoomorphic initial from BL Sloane 1584, f. 1

Full-page drawing of the initial 'D' with interlace, a rooster's head, and fish. Image taken from f. 1 of Medical and religious miscellany, including 'Walter Map's' De mundi vanitate (f. 13v) and an alphabet (f... More

Bloodletting man from BL Sloane 134, f. 25v

Bloodletting man from BL Sloane 134, f. 25v

Drawing of bloodletting man. Image taken from f. 25v of Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy. Written in Latin and English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) ... More

Decorated headpiece and initial from BL Harley 6295, f. 1

Decorated headpiece and initial from BL Harley 6295, f. 1

Headpiece with interlace decoration and initial with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 1 of Collection of philosophical, medical, scientifical and political treatises, including Alexander's 'Problemata' (... More

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 83

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 83

Historiated initial 'S' of a doctor with a patient, who is pointing to his eyes; instructions for the artist are written in plummet in the margins. Image taken from f. 83 of Medical miscellany, including the Bo... More

Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 277, f. 62

Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 277, f. 62

Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 62 of Medical miscellany, including Chirurgy, begins imperfectly at chapter 21. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a c... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 22v-23

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 22v-23

Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 22v-23 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 18v-19

Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 18v-19

Miniature of a plant; miniature of a man spearing a snake with a sword near a plant; miniature of a man taking another's pulse, with a bird, and a dog. Image taken from ff. 18v-19 of Medical miscellany of a pha... More

Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face. from BL Sloane 963, f. 12v

Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face. from BL Sloane 963, f. 12v

Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face. Image taken from f. 12v of Medical miscellany, including a leechbook containing medical recipes, charms, and prayers, and treatises on urines, bloodletting, etc.; a dieta... More

Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3550, f. 29

Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3550, f. 29

Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 29 of Medical miscellany, including charms; three copies of the 'Lettre d'Hippocrate' (ff. 89v-91v; 217-219; 220-225). Written in Latin, English, French. Sir Hans Sloane (16... More

Horse from BL Harley 1585, f. 69v

Horse from BL Harley 1585, f. 69v

Drawing of a horse. Image taken from f. 69v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in Lat... More

Text from BL Sloane 3554, f. 12v

Text from BL Sloane 3554, f. 12v

Coloured text. Image taken from f. 12v of Medical miscellany, including the Experimentarius; a compilation of treatises on physiognomy (f. 89v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician an... More

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 156

Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 156

Text page. Image taken from f. 156 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. 49v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 49v

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 49v 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

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 60

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 60

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 60 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

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 4

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 4

Historiated initial 'Q' of a doctor standing near a patient, who is lying in bed. Image taken from f. 4 of Medical miscellany, including the Book on Simple Drugs (Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus), Bre... More

Fox and deer from BL Harley 1585, ff. 64v-65

Fox and deer from BL Harley 1585, ff. 64v-65

Miniatures of a fox and a deer. Image taken from ff. 64v-65 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)... More

Obits from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 1v

Obits from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 1v

Obits of the members of the de Grandison family and some medical recipes in English inscribed on the flyleaf. Image taken from f. 1v of Added prayers to saints. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collec... More

Medical College of Alabama from "Mobile, the Gulf City of Alabama, its trade ... and its pre-eminence as a winter resort"

Medical College of Alabama from "Mobile, the Gulf City of Alabama, its...

This image has been taken from scan 000031 from "Mobile, the Gulf City of Alabama, its trade ... and its pre-eminence as a winter resort". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags... More

Text from BL Sloane 1584, f. 12 - Public domain old map

Text from BL Sloane 1584, f. 12 - Public domain old map

Text page with the inscription 'Scriptum per me Johannes Gysborn canonicus de Coverham' in red. Image taken from f. 12 of Medical and religious miscellany, including 'Walter Map's' De mundi vanitate (f. 13v) an... More

Surgical instruments from BL Sloane 277, f. 49v

Surgical instruments from BL Sloane 277, f. 49v

Detail of right hand column, with surgical instruments. Image taken from f. 49v of Medical miscellany, including Chirurgy, begins imperfectly at chapter 21. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was ... More

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 74

Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 74

Text page of Thomas Schellinck of Thienen, 'Chirurgia'. Image taken from f. 74 of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Mediolano (ff. 105-140... More

Detail from BL Sloane 2276, f. 3

Detail from BL Sloane 2276, f. 3

Decorated initials 'H'(ere) and 'I'(s) at the beginning of a medical treatise. Image taken from f. 3 of Medical miscellany, including a treatise on non-surgical ailments; recipes; and the Canutus (ff. 191-199).... More

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 177

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

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 176

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 176

Image taken from f. 176 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

Detail from BL Sloane 6, f. 177

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

Life of Christ; Surgical procedures from BL Sloane 1977, f. 9v

Life of Christ; Surgical procedures from BL Sloane 1977, f. 9v

Full-page miniature in three registers. In the upper register is the Death of the Virgin, the Coronation of the Virgin, and Christ in Majesty. In the middle register are three various medical treatments, and ... More

Discussion from BL Harley 3140, f. 21

Discussion from BL Harley 3140, f. 21

Detail of a historiated initial of two men in discussion. Image taken from f. 21 of Medical texts, known as the Articella (see Notes for contents), extensively glossed. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscr... More

Illuminated border and initial from BL Sloane 965, f. 43

Illuminated border and initial from BL Sloane 965, f. 43

Illuminated foliate initial 'T'(he) and full border. Image taken from f. 43 of Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of... More

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 83

Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 83

Detail of an historiated initial 'S' of a doctor with a patient, who is pointing to his eyes. Image taken from f. 83 of Medical miscellany, including the Book on Simple Drugs (Liber aggregatus in medicinis simp... More

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 133v

Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 133v

Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 133v 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

Zodiac man from BL Sloane 965, f. 2

Zodiac man from BL Sloane 965, f. 2

Drawing of a Zodiac man. Image taken from f. 2 of Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treati... More

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