COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911682dc
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:
6r
Image Sequence Number:
006r
Description:
Medical recipes. Note that some of the chapter numbers in the right margin are preceded by punctus, which is at times difficult to differentiate from the punctuation in the main body of text. Between lines 13-14 in the right margin: 'jn man[ys] [bode]' is written. Line 16 second e in 'seede' is crossed out. In the bottom margin in a different hand: 'Remede for hed hache' is written. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. and horse donge And ley þer all hoot ffor bladdirs in the mouth 2. Take heyhone and make þ(er) of poudir And so som ou(er) his mouthe 3. w(t) a penne ffor the palnesey Vse barly brede and none othir 4. & ete poudir þ(t) is made of mustarde seed & sage and eu(er)y day vse 5. it fastyng Also take a yonge chekyn and dight hym & tak out 6. his bowellis & put mode wax jn And rost hym and (^y)eve it þe seke 7. to hete ffor to make a man laxatiff Take borage And m(er)curye 8. and ij leuys or iij of laurol and make hem in a potage & yeve 9. þe seke to ete ffor the yelou euyl Take þe rote of þe rede nettyll 10. & take out þe jus & take the jus of Salydoyne and drinke w(t) stale 11. ale A good poudir for all man(er) of sekenesse in manys 12. body and it shal distroye all manar of poysou(~) venym 13. and dropsye and þe yelowe euyll and for wa[lm]yng 14. a boute manys hert Take the seed of smalache . Anneys 15. & bayes þe rote of turmentill þe rote of quynt foyle þe rote 16. of philependula þe seed of gromyl þe seede of saxffrage And of 17. stanmarche And of southestoll poud(er) of lycoris : floure of canell 18. and of g(^al)nyngale and of gyng(er) bray all þes in A mort(er) And (^put) all 19. þes to gedir and vse it ffor brynnynge or scaldyng 20. Take þe rynde of a tree men clepyn whiche or elme shaue 21. of þe rynde a bove and sethe þat oþ(er) in and wasshe the sore þ(er) w(t) 22. & a noynt it w(t) popiliou(~) or w(t) oynement And ley þ(er) to apese of 23. han hors skyn ffor clensyng of þe bryst / Take So 24. lyaund(ur) and stepe it in vynegre .iij. days & .iij. nyghtes & 25. þan take it out & drey it in þe sonne & ete it first and last 26. A man þat will helpyn in her sekenesse behouyth 27. to knowe the enche sons and the kyndis of sekenesses
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:
75
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
