COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911680dc
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:
5r
Image Sequence Number:
005r
Description:
Medical recipes. In the top margin: the words 'Owneme[*] plat(er)is' (ointments and plasters) are written. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. þoroughe a cloþe And put þ(er) to .iij. d wheyȝt of poudir of rev 2. barke and cast it in to þ(e) mylke And so vse a sponfull at onys 3. first and last A good drinke ffor the hede Take betayne 4. and v(er)veyne wormode and selidoyne weybrode and reve wal- 5. wort and sawge and .iij. cornys of pepir and stampe hem 6. and sethe hem to gedir in watir And drinke hem fastyng 7. A good oynement ffor the hede Take þe jus of wal 8. worte wax and store and sethe hem well to gedyr and þer 9. w(t) þan anoynt þy hede ffor sore in the mouthe tothe 10. or othir sores Take .v. juy beryes with .v. levys 11. And sethe hem to gedyr well and þan holde þe mouthe ou(er) it 12. And lete þe breþe gone jnne And aftir þat sowpe of þe watir 13. and hold it in þi mouþe still til it be colde and do so ofte and 14. þyn ache shall a way ffor evyl in þe stomoke Take ache 15. seed And lyn seed comyn and stampe hem & yeve þ(e) seke 16. to drynke with hote watir A poudir for þe goute and the 17. ffestre Take arnement and salt & b[r]enne hem to gedir 18. in to poudir & þan take verdegres and pep(er) & with white glasse 19. and mustard seed and make poudir of hem & do þy poudyr to 20. gedir and lay it on þe sore To don a way dede fflessche 21. Take long wort hony and rey mele and make a plastyr 22. & lay to þe sore ffor suelyng Take þe talow of a ram(~)e and 23. rey mele and make þ(er) of a plastre Anodir Take þe jus of mo- 24. rell and hoot possote and stampe to gedir and ley to þe sore ffor 25. bol[n]y(~)g aftir blod latynge / eve hym to drinke hertys tonge 26. ffor akyng of lendys drinke .v. leuyd grasse / Anodir
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:
65
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
