COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911687dc
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:
8v
Image Sequence Number:
008v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 6 scribal error erased. On lines 8 and 12 the scribe has started to write 'take' with a capital , but has had to write either 'this' or 'that' over it, both words can be seen. Line 11 'biþ(e)' could be 'liþ(e)' (as in 'lies still'). The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. as well as achis / And sum sekenessys comyþ of fumes & 2. smokys þ(t) fleþe a boute a manys brayn as turnynge of þ(e) 3. brayn and sotomye oþ(er) sekenesses ben of hum(ur)s þ(t) ben tur(~)yd in 4. to p(er)ostomys in som p(ar)ty of þ(e) brayn as frensye þ(t) ys a postom 5. of colere in þ(e) firþe of þ(e) brayn And woodnesse and lesynge of 6. mannys witt And his resou(~)þ(t) is [*] of a postom in þ(e) medel p(ar)ty 7. of a manys brayne And litargie þ(t) is lesinge of a manys mynde 8. And makith hym for yetefull þ(t) is a postom in þ(e) hyndir part 9. of manys hede And epilencie That comyþ of hum(ur)s þ(t) fillith 10. in þ(e) p(ar)ties of þ(e) brayn þ(t) shulde ben wyde of suche hum(ur)s makith 11. a man for þ(e) tyme to lese his witt And his mouyng And 12. biþ(e) still as he were dede and a noþ(er) is cleped Appolexie 13. That comyth of hum(ur)s þ(t) steppiþ þ(e) poors of þ(e) brayn & makiþ 14. a man lese his witt for þ(e) tyme And all man(er) movynge saff 15. breþing And is þ(e) differens by twene þ(t) and epilencie 16. Scotomye Js suche asekenesse of þ(e) brayn it makith a 17. man seme þ(t) all þing(es) þ(t) he seith is mevynge as it se 18. myþe to dronkyn men / þat þ(e) hous gothe a bout hym And 19. þ(t) þ(e) wey risith vp a yens he(~) & þis sekenes comyþ(e) of þ(e) 20. greuaunce of þ(e) stomoke / eyþ(er) of smoke eyþ(er) of hum(ur)s þ(t) 21. ben a bout þ(e) brayne And if it is of þ(e) stomoke þes ben 22. þ(e) tokyns / þ(e) harte lepith and haþ(e) gre (^grete) greuauns And 23. aftir mete þ(e) greuauns takiþ a man And when þei (^he) 24. bowiþ hy(~) doune her brayne turnyþ(e) þ(t) is to seyn hym 25. semyþ(e) þ(t) þing(es) þ(t) lyen still rennyth a boute / But if 26. þis sekenesse comyþ of blode Thes ben þ(e) to 27. kyns his temples mevyn faste hevynesse of his bro- 28. wis and meche þought of reed þing(es) as of brenny(~)ge
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:
100
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
