Marco's point is fully correct.
This herbal is one part of a herbal tradition that was copied over several centuries, and included a variable mixture of medicine from herbs, animals and minerals. Sloane 4016 and a few other MSs from this tradition that have been preserved are 'unusual' in that there is no text but only illustrations.
They have all been organised alphabetically. The two manuscripts that are most similar to Sloane 4016 are Masson 116 in Paris and CLM 28531 in Munich (which is largely overlooked even by experts). The alphabetical arrangement, and the differences between them, are clearly visible in an online Thesis (in German) here:
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(see p.209 and ff.)
These other two MSs are not visible online as far as I know, but another similar one is: Morgan MS M 873,
see here:
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EDIT: CLM 28531 has text....
This herbal is one part of a herbal tradition that was copied over several centuries, and included a variable mixture of medicine from herbs, animals and minerals. Sloane 4016 and a few other MSs from this tradition that have been preserved are 'unusual' in that there is no text but only illustrations.
They have all been organised alphabetically. The two manuscripts that are most similar to Sloane 4016 are Masson 116 in Paris and CLM 28531 in Munich (which is largely overlooked even by experts). The alphabetical arrangement, and the differences between them, are clearly visible in an online Thesis (in German) here:
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(see p.209 and ff.)
These other two MSs are not visible online as far as I know, but another similar one is: Morgan MS M 873,
see here:
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EDIT: CLM 28531 has text....
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