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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0911683dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 404
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English MS 404
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Previous Accession Number:
R24458
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Image Title:
Medical recipes
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Medical recipes
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Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
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Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
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English Medical Manuscript
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Date Created:
15th century
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15th century
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Page:
6v
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Image Sequence Number:
006v
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006v
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Description:
Medical recipes. There is a parallel in Gilbertus Anglicus (ed. Faye Getz) through to f 11r. Line 17 'comyþe' the scribe wrote one minim too few, n instead of m. Instead of cancelling it, he just inserted another stroke above, like an. Line 25 scribal error erased. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
description
Medical recipes. There is a parallel in Gilbertus Anglicus (ed. Faye Getz) through to f 11r. Line 17 'comyþe' the scribe wrote one minim too few, n instead of m. Instead of cancelling it, he just inserted another stroke above, like an<i>. Line 25 scribal error erased. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Description
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Transcription:
1. that ys to say wedir þey ben hoot / or coolde drey or 2. moyste And þis knowen by many dyu(er)se tokyns / 3. And w(t) goddis grace we wyll write of sum sekenesses of 4. þ(e) body and of her tokyns And of her cures And first we will 5. be gynne at þ(e) sekenesses of þ(e) hede ffirst of þ(e) hede ache þ(t) may 6. come to a man þo(ur) hete or colde drynesse of moystnesse And ȝif 7. it comyth of hete þes be þ(e) tokyns hete reednesse in þ(e) forhede 8. and (^a)boute þ(e) eyen and oþ(er) whiles an hote rewme rede vryne And a 9. swifte po[u]se and a lityll slepe smoke and hote eyr noyth hym And hoot 10. plastres and oþ(er) hoot þinges is noy(^u)s And he is comfortyd w(t) oþ(er) colde 11. þinges And v[nn]eth he may suffre brigenes or lyght And if it 12. come of colde he shal fele colde in his hede And his face woll be 13. pale And his pous flowȝ And his bryne febly colowrid And he 14. shal slepe meche And colde þinges noyeth hym And if it comythe 15. of moystnesse þer ben many sup(er)f[l]uitees And mechel slepe Jdilship 16. of mannys witt And of clene moystnesse And þer comyth no grete 17. sight And it con(^i)yþ(e) of dreynesse the flyme wexith drye And þ(er) ben 18. ffewe sup(er)fluetes And lityll slepe And moste þing(es) doþe hym good 19. And if þ(e) ache be of hete let hym vse colde þinges as watir 20. of endyue or of rosys And specyally sugur rosett or of violett And 21. lett hym kempe hys hede w(t) an ywere combe ofte sithis for 22. þ(t) is good for eny hede ur warme watir þat is salt And Absteyn 23. hy(~) fro meche wakynge And fro meche þought And fro wym(~)en 24. feliship And fro meche hauynge /Sugur Roset ys 25. þus made Take . j . [$] li sugur And half A pounde of ten- 26. dir rose leuys And stampe hem wele to gedir til(^to) þey ben smale 27. And wele medylyd w(t) þ(e) sugur . And þan do þ(t) in An erthyn ves- 28. sell and sett þ(t) in þ(e) sonne xxx days aftir myssom(ur) And eu(er)y day stir 29. it twyes onys in þ(e) morwen . And ony in þ(e) evyn tyde but whan
transcription
1. that ys to say wedir þey ben hoot / or coolde drey or 2. moyste And þis knowen by many dyu(er)se tokyns / 3. And w(t) goddis grace we wyll write of sum sekenesses of 4. þ(e) body and of her tokyns And of her cures And first we will 5. be gynne at þ(e) sekenesses of þ(e) hede ffirst of þ(e) hede ache þ(t) may 6. come to a man þo(ur) hete or colde drynesse of moystnesse And ȝif 7. it comyth of hete þes be þ(e) tokyns hete reednesse in þ(e) forhede 8. and (^a)boute þ(e) eyen and oþ(er) whiles an hote rewme rede vryne And a 9. swifte po[u]se and a lityll slepe smoke and hote eyr noyth hym And hoot 10. plastres and oþ(er) hoot þinges is noy(^u)s And he is comfortyd w(t) oþ(er) colde 11. þinges And v[nn]eth he may suffre brigenes or lyght And if it 12. come of colde he shal fele colde in his hede And his face woll be 13. pale And his pous flowȝ And his bryne febly colowrid And he 14. shal slepe meche And colde þinges noyeth hym And if it comythe 15. of moystnesse þer ben many sup(er)f[l]uitees And mechel slepe Jdilship 16. of mannys witt And of clene moystnesse And þer comyth no grete 17. sight And it con(^i)yþ(e) of dreynesse the flyme wexith drye And þ(er) ben 18. ffewe sup(er)fluetes And lityll slepe And moste þing(es) doþe hym good 19. And if þ(e) ache be of hete let hym vse colde þinges as watir 20. of endyue or of rosys And specyally sugur rosett or of violett And 21. lett hym kempe hys hede w(t) an ywere combe ofte sithis for 22. þ(t) is good for eny hede ur warme watir þat is salt And Absteyn 23. hy(~) fro meche wakynge And fro meche þought And fro wym(~)en 24. feliship And fro meche hauynge /Sugur Roset ys 25. þus made Take . j . [$] li sugur And half A pounde of ten- 26. dir rose leuys And stampe hem wele to gedir til(^to) þey ben smale 27. And wele medylyd w(t) þ(e) sugur . And þan do þ(t) in An erthyn ves- 28. sell and sett þ(t) in þ(e) sonne xxx days aftir myssom(ur) And eu(er)y day stir 29. it twyes onys in þ(e) morwen . And ony in þ(e) evyn tyde but whan
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Medicine--History
subject
Medicine--History
Subject
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Subject:
Recipes
subject
Recipes
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
time_period_covered
1200 - 1500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
207 mm
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207 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
140 mm
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140 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
provenance
Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
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Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
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Access Rights:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
References
false
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.
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.
References
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
80
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80
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB