COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911678dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Medical recipes
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
4r
Image Sequence Number:
004r
Description:
Medical recipes. 'ffor swellyng' is written in the top margin. Line 5 in the right margin is written: 'bl' followed by a symbol which looks something like a question mark. In the top margin is a symbol resembling a number six, and another set of three points in a triangle. Line 12: definite article omission. Line 18 multiple negation. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. Take watir crasses and crommys of brode and 2. bowle hem well in faire watir þan take hem vp 3. and stampe hem to gedir & than take þ(e) white of twoo 4. egges or þre & put þer to and make a plastir þer 5. of all hoot and lay to þe sore ffor blode falynge in a manys 6. legges Take mynte tanwose þ(t) is clepid wurt by 7. fore þat it hath byn wroughte a galou(~) or halfe aft(er) þ(e) 8. cou(~)tenaunce of þ(e) sore & clence it & boyle hit on þ(e) 9. fere and put þ(er) to poudir of Alym And boule hem 10. to gedir & take skome it clene And þan poudir of [b]ool 11. Arnomak þ(er) to And late hem boyle to gedir and take a 12. lynnyn clothe & wasshe legge with þis watir As hoot 13. as þou mast suffre it a good whyle & qui þan all 14. hoot lappe the cloþe a boute the legge ffor Cornys in 15. the ffeet Take vn slecled lyme & make small poudir 16. þ(er) of & a q(ua)ntite of blacke sope And medill hem to gedir so it 17. be ap(ar)ty harde And pare of þ(e) cornys to þ(e) quycke flessche 18. and lay þ(er) on / on þ(e) f[i]lff brede of þe corne and on no brodder 19. for no þinge And hit shall frete hym out And þan take a 20. litill oyle And medill hem to gedir and lay þ(er) on And it shall gadir 21. vppe þe corne And hele it with out salue ffor the dropsye Take 22. rew sawge and as meche as hem both of watir ffor blode in manys 23. eyen Take the juys of verveyne and of rede fenell & a litill 24. hone & the yelke of an ey & medill hem all to gedir and rost
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:
55
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Medical recipes
