Blood-letting man from BL Arundel 306, f. 29v
Sketch of a blood-letting man 'Awe, wie we ist mir', at the end of the of the Versus de sanitate per menses. Image taken from f. 29v of Miscellany, with a calendar and medical texts. Written in Latin and German... More
Plants and man from BL Harley 1585, ff. 29v-30
Miniatures of plants; miniature of a man holding a sword, and a dog. Image taken from ff. 29v-30 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocope... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 106
Text page. Image taken from f. 106 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
Detail 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
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 63
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 63 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 Arundel 215, f. 46
Initials with pen-flourishing, in Isaac Judaeus' De diaetis universalibus et particularibus. Image taken from f. 46 of Medical miscellany, with glosses, the Ars medicine. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscri... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 158
Text page. Image taken from f. 158 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
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3566, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'O'(mne). Image taken from f. 1 of Medical miscellany, including Practica urinarum (ff. 24-33v); Tractatus Magistri Johannis de Burgundia de epidemia (ff. 63v-87v). Written in Latin (English ff. ... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 24v-25
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 24v-25 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. 86v-87
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 86v-87 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. 39v-40
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 39v-40 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. 147v
Text page. Image taken from f. 147v 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
Plant from BL Sloane 795, f. 27
Detail of a marginal drawing of a plant. Image taken from f. 27 of Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physici... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 149
Text and initial with pen-work decoration Image taken from f. 149 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 initials from BL Harley 978, f. 59
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 59 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
Teacher lecturing to students from BL Harley 3745, f. 1
Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ostquam) of a teacher lecturing to a group of students. Image taken from f. 1 of Medical miscellany, including the Book on Simple Drugs (Liber aggregatus in medicinis simpli... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 141v
Text page. Image taken from f. 141v 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
Calendar from BL Harley 978, ff. 15v-16
Calendar with prognostications and references to abbots' deaths. Image taken from ff. 15v-16 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables d... More
Title in display capitals from BL Harley 5792, f. 273
Title in display capitals and uncial capital 'U'(bi) at the beginning of a medical recipe. Image taken from f. 273 of Collection of medical recipes. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a col... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 143
Text page. Image taken from f. 143 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
Endleaf from BL Harley 978, f. 161v - Public domain map
Endleaf. Image taken from f. 161v 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 Wa... More
Horse from BL Harley 1585, f. 69
Marginal drawing of a horse. Image taken from f. 69 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Writte... More
Bird from BL Sloane 335, f. 70 - Public domain document scan of drawin...
Detail of a marginal drawing of a bird. Image taken from f. 70 of Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who p... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 146v
Text page. Image taken from f. 146v 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. 41
Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 41 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. 155
Text page. Image taken from f. 155 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
Animals from BL Harley 1585, f. 74
Miniatures of various animals. Image taken from f. 74 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Writ... More
Surgical instruments from BL Sloane 795, ff. 108v-109
Drawings of surgical instruments and anatomical drawings. Image taken from ff. 108v-109 of Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 475, ff. 158v-159
Decorated initials. Image taken from ff. 158v-159 of Medical texts, incomplete, including Isidore, De quattuor humoribus (Etymologiae book IV, 5); Galen, Epistola de febribus; recipes; glosses; and a treatise o... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 122v
Text page. Image taken from f. 122v 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
Wheel of Fortune from BL Royal 12 F VII, f. 182v
Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Wheel of Fortune, at the beginning of book 4. Image taken from f. 182v of Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manusc... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 282, f. 181v
Illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 181v of Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis ... More
Puzzle initials from BL Royal 20 B V, f. 16v
1 large and 1 small puzzle initial; quire signature with decoration. Image taken from f. 16v of Devotional and medical miscellany. Written in French and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 962, f. 90
Illuminated initial 'H'(erbarum) and partial foliate border. Image taken from f. 90 of Medical miscellany, including treatises on diet and bloodletting (f. 72v); a leechbook; Agnus castus (ff. 249-251); Gallen'... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 115, f. 22
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 22 of Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More
Detail from BL Sloane 2320, f. 20
Image taken from f. 20 of Medical treatises. Written in Latin and English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and librari... More
Detail from BL Sloane 2320, f. 4v
3 jars. Image taken from f. 4v of Medical treatises. Written in Latin and English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums and... More
Text pages. from BL Harley 3594, ff. 124v-125
Text pages, including the beginning of Arnaldus de Villanova, 'Commentum super quasdam parabolas' or 'Aphorismi extravagantes', with marginal 16th-century notes by Samuel Knott in black ink and red crayon (f. 1... More
Medical Hall from "Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its hist...
This image has been taken from scan 000300 from "Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, antiquities and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical and geological descriptions; with anecdote... More
great ironweed from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorad...
This image has been taken from scan 000337 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
map from "[Madeira, its climate and scenery: containing medical and ge...
This image has been taken from scan 000359 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 ... More
Sheet music from BL Add 60577, f. 221
Sheet music with lyrics in Latin and English. Image taken from f. 221 of Miscellany, including sheet music, a sermon, medical recipes, and other texts. Written in Middle English, Latin.
Sheet music from BL Add 60577, f. 221v
Sheet music with lyrics in English. Image taken from f. 221v of Miscellany, including sheet music, a sermon, medical recipes, and other texts. Written in Middle English, Latin.
Western Infirmary from "The Medical Institutions of Glasgow ... Compil...
This image has been taken from scan 000073 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
Text from BL Sloane 5, ff. 188v-189
Text page. Image taken from ff. 188v-189 of Medical miscellany, including an English translation of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff. 63v-151v), imperfect; 'Super lunam' (ff. 179v-181); a zodiacal ... More
Decorated initials 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
Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 3
Medical recipes Image taken from f. 3 of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Mediolano (ff. 105-140), and Jan Yperman (ff. 142-173). Written... More
Medical treatments from BL Sloane 1977, f. 51v
Miniature in three registers of the treatment of various ailments. Image taken from f. 51v of Circa instans (index Herbal). Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who pla... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 3012, ff. 106v-107
Decorated initials. Image taken from ff. 106v-107 of Medical miscellany, including the Practica brevis, imperfect (ff. 3-22v); the Herbal 'Circa instans', imperfect (ff. 23-68); Antidorarius (ff. 69-105); Pract... More
Cautery points from BL Sloane 2839, f. 2
Drawing of two men with cautery points marked. Image taken from f. 2 of Medical tracts, including Liber cirurgium cauterium; De artis medicinae; the Petrocellus; 'Epistola ad Antiochum regem' (ff. 111v-112v). W... More
Initial 'E' (xceptionis) from BL Royal 10 A VIII, f. 6
Initial 'E'(xceptionis) at the beginning of the prologue of Ivo of Chartres' Panormie, showing damage sustained in the fire of 1731 at Ashburnham House, Westminster. Image taken from f. 6 of Formula of confessi... More
Snake from BL Harley 4986, f. 8
Drawing of a snake and a plant. Image taken from f. 8 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 ... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 159
Text page. Image taken from f. 159 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. 150v
Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 150v 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. 44v
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 44v 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
Physician from BL Harley 1585, f. 13
Miniature of a seated physician with a scroll. Image taken from f. 13 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 140
Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 140 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. 50
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 50 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
November from BL Eg 2572, f. 49
Calendar page for November. Image taken from f. 49 of Calendar, diagrams; medical texts. Written in Latin and English. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-161... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3557, f. 5
Decorated border and puzzle initial 'A(micum), the usual incipit of Platearius's text: 'Amicum induit qui amicorum precibus, with a bird and squirrels ? in the penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 5 of Prac... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 138
Text page. Image taken from f. 138 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. 129v
Text page. Image taken from f. 129v 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 610, f. 5
Decorated initial 'G'(od). Image taken from f. 5 of Collection of medical recipes, with an English verse compendium of astrological medicine. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and... More
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 100, ff. 28v-29
Decorated initials in the 'Dietary of Queen Isabel'. Image taken from ff. 28v-29 of Medical miscellany, including the homo signorum (f. 36r-v). Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician a... More
Physicians from BL Harley 1585, ff. 12v-13
Miniature of a physician conjuring the earth; miniature of a seated physician with a scroll. Image taken from ff. 12v-13 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary ill... More
Coloured initial from BL Harley 1684, f. 42
Red initial 'H' with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 42 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 978, f. 154
Text page. Image taken from f. 154 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
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 7v
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 7v of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, partic... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 2463, f. 2
Illuminated initial 'F' at the beginning of a texts on anatomy. Image taken from f. 2 of Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal rupt... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, ff. 88v-89
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from ff. 88v-89 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written ... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 56v
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 56v 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 with marginal drawings from BL Harley 3371, f. 34v-35
Text page with marginal drawings relating to the fistula. Image taken from f. 34v-35 of Medical miscellany, including excerpts from Arderne's 'Extracta emoroidarum' (ff. 13-22v), 'Liber medicinarum' (ff. 22v-24... More
Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 92v
Detail of an 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 medic... More
Plant from BL Harley 1585, f. 23v
Miniature of a plant. Image taken from f. 23v of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in L... More
Doctor from BL Harley 3140, f. 29
Detail of a historiated initial of a physician, and a patient in bed. Image taken from f. 29 of Medical texts, known as the Articella (see Notes for contents), extensively glossed. Written in Latin. The "BL Ha... More
Flourished initials from BL Sloane 418, ff. 328v-329
Flourished initials, in a Medical treatise. Image taken from ff. 328v-329 of Medical treatises. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the dev... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, f. 51v
Miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 51v 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 and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 63v
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 63v 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
Plant from BL Harley 1585, f. 18
Miniature of a plant. Image taken from f. 18 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes). Written in La... More
Flourished initials from BL Sloane 1067, f. 12
Initials 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, in Johannis de Gadesden's Rosa medicinae. Image taken from f. 12 of Miscellany with medical texts, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa medicinae (ff. 6-280). Written in L... More
Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 4
Detail of an 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 simp... More
Teaching from BL Harley 3140, f. 7v
Detail of a historiated initial of a man teaching with a open book and a group of students. Image taken from f. 7v of Medical texts, known as the Articella (see Notes for contents), extensively glossed. Written... More
Vein man from BL Arundel 251, f. 36v
Detail of a drawing of a vein man. Image taken from f. 36v of Medical miscellany. Written in Latin and German. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, th... More
Birds from BL Harley 1585, ff. 75v-76
Drawings of four different birds. Image taken from ff. 75v-76 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Note... More
Text and initial from BL Harley 978, f. 47
Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 47 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
Detail 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
Plants from BL Sloane 1975, f. 69v
Illuminated miniatures of plants. Image taken from f. 69v of Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medici... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 5286, f. 2
Large puzzle initial 'P' with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 2 of Collection of medical texts, including 'Chirurgia' (ff. 1-54v), 'De regimine stomachi' (ff. 55-68), and 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v). Written ... More
Fauna from "Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers ...
This image has been taken from scan 000142 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
Decorated initials from BL Add 10289, f. 42
Decorated initials. Image taken from f. 42 of Li romanz du Mont Saint-Michel (f. 1); Une estoire de la resurrection de Jesu Crist (f. 64); Titus and Vespasian (index Roman de la destruction de Jerusalem) (f. 82... More
Initials from BL Sloane 989, ff. 3v-4
Decorated and coloured initials. Image taken from ff. 3v-4 of Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 55v-77). Written in English, with some Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalis... More
Medical consultations from BL Sloane 1977, f. 50
Full-page miniature in twelve compartments with scenes of various medical consultations. Image taken from f. 50 of Circa instans (index Herbal). Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician a... More
Puzzle initials from BL Sloane 2806, ff. 24v-25
Puzzle initials 'T'(out) and 'D'(es), and cadels, in Richard de Fournival's Medicine. Image taken from ff. 24v-25 of Medical treatise. Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natural... More
Text page from BL Harley 1684, f. 108v
Text page with coloured initials and marginal manicula. Image taken from f. 108v of Medical miscellany including surgical treatises by Thomas Scellinck of Thienen (ff. 5-104), Lanfrancus de Mediolano (ff. 105-1... More
Marginal drawings from BL Harley 1735, f. 17
Verses concerning good and bad luck, with marginal drawings, including a fish and bellows. Image taken from f. 17 of John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and med... More
Text page from BL Sloane 100, f. 34
Text page. Image taken from f. 34 of Medical miscellany, including the homo signorum (f. 36r-v). Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the ... More
Doctor and patient from BL Harley 3745, f. 112v
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 simplicibus), B... More
Illuminated initial from BL Sloane 3666, f. 45
Illuminated initial 'A'. Image taken from f. 45 of Surgery, imperfect; with medical receipts. Written in English. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the dev... More
Text and initials from BL Harley 978, f. 43
Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 43 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. 136v
Text page. Image taken from f. 136v 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