COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911688dc
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:
9r
Image Sequence Number:
009r
Description:
Medical recipes. In the top margin is written: '. vacate'. Lines 19-21 in right margin: '.[*] . benys . pesis'. In the bottom margin is written ' .vsse piluleis'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. laumpys And bledyng of þ(e) nose his vryne is reed and þicke 2. and derk a bove as blood Of colre thes ben the toky 3. ns Bittirnesse of the mouthe qnawynge of þ(e) herte þ- 4. inne vryn(~) And full rede and full derke a boue Of ma- 5. lyncoly thes ben the tokyns Sournesse of mouþ(e) 6. And ye lownesse of þ(e) vryne And þinnesse and w(t) holdynge 7. of fluxis þ(t) a man or woma(~) was wont to haue And in 8. evyntyde her greuans ys meche Of flume þes ben 9. þ(e) tokyns grevauns aftir mete And Ache of þ(e) sides & 10. metinge of watirs And of reynes and of whit þinges 11. And vnstabillnesse of þought And if þ(e) greuauns comyþe 12. of þ(e) stomake it lastiþ whil þ(e) stomake comiþ fro þ(e) stomake 13. to þ(e) heed And aftir warde it sesith And þer is ache and 14. greuauns / And abomynacyou(~) in þ(e) mouþe of þ(e) stomake And 15. me may fele howe þ(e) smoke gothe vp in to þ(e) hede and þ(e) 16. helpe here of : is to cast or spew þ(e) grete metis þ(t) wol 17. not well ben defied And leue late sopers and grete met(es) 18. and Caule wort(es) & stronge wyn And stronge ale And 19. benen and pesyn And vse swiche mete as woll hesyly 20. ben defyed ffor if the greuauns com of bloode 21. letyng blood ys p(ro)fitable in þ(e) heed vayne And so it is in 22. eu(er)y sekenesse of þ(e) heed þ(t) comyþ of if it is so þ(t) þ(e) seke ys 23. replete of blood eyþ(er) of eu(er)y oþ(er) humo(ur)s it co(~)þe lete hym 24. dietyn hym as it is seyde of the heede ache And vse 25. he þis piluleis þ(t) purgith þ(e) heed of euyl humo(ur)s & it
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:
105
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
