COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911672dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Index of recipes
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
1r
Image Sequence Number:
001r
Description:
A numbered table of medical recipes; however the numbers are wildly wrong after 'lxix'. Incipit 'jhs mercy lady helpe' is written in the top margin. Line 22: 'E[*] klensyng of þe breste' is written above 'seknes'. NB several folios throughout the manuscript have a silvery, shiny deposit on the paper, which seems to rest on top of the ink in places. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. ffor all Swelyng(es) seche no(~)[b]ir of & c(etera) 2. ffor desendyng of blod / & all o þ(er) thyng longy(~)g to blode 3. for all sore & disseȝ in mans fett & corinis : 4. for all disseȝ in mans Ene| Et p(er) dropse . 5. for the stone / / strangore / or gravell 6. for þ(e) falyng seknes 7. for to knowe wheþyr þ(e) faute be yn þ(e) man or in þ(e) woma(~) (^ to (con)seue) 8. for the Rewme þ(t) Ryns at a mans nose . 9. for the colicapacio & c(etera) / Et p(er) ffoundyng of a horsse 10. for all disseȝ in the mans hed / Et ounnemente for þ(e) hedde 11. for a disseȝ of sornys in þ(e) mowthe / and tothe ache 12. for ewyll & disseȝ in þ(e) stomoke 13. for the gowte & for the festyr 14. for to do away dede fleche / & to breke byls or boches 15. for wondes (^ownemen[*](es)) dyu(er)s medsyns Bolnyng Aft(er) blodletyng [*] /ffor 16. for sekneȝ & disseȝ in þe bryste ffor Akyng in lewnys 17. for brokyn bonys / & soden swelyng 18. for synn[*]oys þ(t) ake & be styffe / or cut / Etc bladderis in a manys 19. for to make a man laxatywe mowth . / Et palse . 20. for mene dyu(er)s seknes in a mans body Et per bleke jaundys 21. for byryng or skalyng 22. for to knowe wher of þ(e) seknes cou(~)s / & maky(~)g of oximels & c(etera) 23. for to make dyu(er)s salt(es) for dyu(er)s sekneseȝ / sevgur Roses 24. for to make dyu(er)s so sugers / for dyu(er) sekneseȝs & c(etera) 25. ffor to make a mane to shege & ffovydde wrames 26. at his fowyndment Take and make a svppos[*] 27. take baye salte & home aft þ(e) posement þ(t) 28. you will jn quantyte to ocupy & seth them 29. to geþ(er) tyll þey be harde & þan make rown 30. pelett(es) as meche as a hasyll nott & ȝ[*] 31. iij of them jn his fownemente & so[*]
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Medicine--History
Subject:
Recipes
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
207 mm
Item Width:
140 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 424-25. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Index of recipes
