COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911681dc
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:
5v
Image Sequence Number:
005v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 16 - verb omission. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. Take betayne and stampe hit þe monta[in]is of an eye shell 2. full and menge þ(er) w(t) a sponfull of hony and grynde ix pep(er) 3. cornis and menge all þis in wyn And yeve þe seke to drinke 4. An oynme(~)t for woundes Take the rede brere cropp 5. & the rede cole dayseye smalache reed nettill cropp bugle . 6. pygle And sanycle and stampe hem to gedir And do þ(er) to 7. grese or buttir and boyle hem and clense hem þorow A 8. cloþe and lete it stonde and kele ffor straytnesse of b þe 9. brestnesse of þe breste Take hertis tonge vyolet & centory 10. endyue peletre And pirytorye and fenel of eche liche meche 11. þe rote of þe p(er)single and .iiij. sedys of duretik and ysope a 12. p(er)ty And a quartrou(~) of ffygges seþe all to ged(er) in a galou(~) of 13. well watir till it come to A potell And þan wryngt out 14. þe jus in A panne And take .iij. raw eyren and sta(~)pe hem 15. shelles and all cole it withe a fine faire as þ(u) wolde clense 16. odir herbes and take it doune and lett it kele And it in 17. to a vessell And sta(~)pe stoppe well þe mouþe and let it stonde 18. a nyght and a day And yeve þe seke to drinke A good plast(er) 19. ffor brokyn bonys And Sodeyn goutes sithis and for 20. soden suellyngis Take chekyn mete smal ache gronde 21. swelye stampe all þese to gedir w(t) shepis talowe & swynes . 22. gres & comy(~) & boyl hem all in wyn dregges & whete 23. branne & stere þ(t) well to gedir And when þ(u) shalt ley 24. it to þe sore hete it ffor synewes þat akyn And þies 25. þ(t) ben stiff of goyng or of any odir þynges Take 26. brokelempe horhounde and herbe John And dight hym 27. in man(er) of plast(er) with shepis talowe And swynys gres
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:
70
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
