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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0911690dc
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JRL0911690dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 404
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English MS 404
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Previous Accession Number:
R24458
Link to Catalogue:
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
Date Created
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Page:
10r
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Image Sequence Number:
010r
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010r
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Description:
Medical recipes. Line 4 : ' p(er)gatioun .' is written in the right margin. Line 9 : ' .sugur de borage. ' is written in the right margin, framed by two punctus. Line 14 ' medicinable '. Line 15 line ' ffeansyeis' is all one word, and seems to be lacking an ; Gilbertus Anglicus (where there is a near duplicate) has 'frenzy is'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
description
Medical recipes. Line 4 : ' p(er)gatioun .' is written in the right margin. Line 9 : ' .sugur de borage. ' is written in the right margin, framed by two punctus. Line 14 ' medicinable '. Line 15 line ' ffeansyeis' is all one word, and seems to be lacking an <r>; Gilbertus Anglicus (where there is a near duplicate) has 'frenzy is'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Description
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Transcription:
1. Take sal armoniak . vj . dram(~)ys of diagredie & of enforben 2. of boþ a dram(~)e of pepir gyng(er) comyn fenel anyse merche a- 3. meos loueache cardamom & p(ar)sely seed of eche a drame 4. make þ(er) of a poudir and y(^e)ve hym þ(er) of in þ(e) morowtide . 5. .iij. dramys w(t) wynne or mede and þ(u) wolte make delicate 6. purgacyons ffor hym þ(t) ben norisshid w(t) delicis mak hy(~) 7. in forme of watir and yeve it hym to drinke and take 8. an herbe þ(t) hight elyber nig(er) & s[q]uynent(er) & esula & sene 9. & sethe hem in vyn(~) and still þat in to watir and lete a 10. man vse þ(t) to purge hym of malyncolye Also sugur 11. of borage is good . in . eu(er)y greuauns of malyn- 12. colye And it is made of borage ffloures as sugur vo- 13. set is of rooses & appolin sodyn(~) in wyn(-) makithe þ(e) wyn(-) 14. [medsynabbe] to distroye corrupcions as flemys and smoke 15. þ(t) ben in manys hede ffeansyeis a brynnyng postu(~) 16. in þ(e) ferthe partye of a manys brayn(~) or in the 17. skynnys of þ(e) brayn(~) and sume apostome is of blode 18. corupte and sume of Corupte hum(ur)es as colure and sume 19. of both mente to ged(er) and comyn þingis folowith þis 20. sekenesse beþ(e) meche wakkynge and lakkynge of good witt 21. And of resoune wratthe and woodnesse and sodeyne rysynge 22. vp And sodeyn ffallinges a doune /. But if it is of colure 23. þis ben þe tokyns grete will to fighte and smyte & drey 24. nesse of þ(e) mouþe blackenesse of þ(e) tounge meche sharpe and 25. bittir ache and meche ferynge of herte and his coloure is 26. a swarte rede And his eyen ben swellyn / But þ(e) tokyns 27. of blood ben a clene coloure of þ(e) vysege and þey ben(-) aboute 28. to pull out trees and stikks out of wellis and þey lackyn
transcription
1. Take sal armoniak . vj . dram(~)ys of diagredie & of enforben 2. of boþ a dram(~)e of pepir gyng(er) comyn fenel anyse merche a- 3. meos loueache cardamom & p(ar)sely seed of eche a drame 4. make þ(er) of a poudir and y(^e)ve hym þ(er) of in þ(e) morowtide . 5. .iij. dramys w(t) wynne or mede and þ(u) wolte make delicate 6. purgacyons ffor hym þ(t) ben norisshid w(t) delicis mak hy(~) 7. in forme of watir and yeve it hym to drinke and take 8. an herbe þ(t) hight elyber nig(er) & s[q]uynent(er) & esula & sene 9. & sethe hem in vyn(~) and still þat in to watir and lete a 10. man vse þ(t) to purge hym of malyncolye Also sugur 11. of borage is good . in . eu(er)y greuauns of malyn- 12. colye And it is made of borage ffloures as sugur vo- 13. set is of rooses & appolin sodyn(~) in wyn(-) makithe þ(e) wyn(-) 14. [medsynabbe] to distroye corrupcions as flemys and smoke 15. þ(t) ben in manys hede ffeansyeis a brynnyng postu(~) 16. in þ(e) ferthe partye of a manys brayn(~) or in the 17. skynnys of þ(e) brayn(~) and sume apostome is of blode 18. corupte and sume of Corupte hum(ur)es as colure and sume 19. of both mente to ged(er) and comyn þingis folowith þis 20. sekenesse beþ(e) meche wakkynge and lakkynge of good witt 21. And of resoune wratthe and woodnesse and sodeyne rysynge 22. vp And sodeyn ffallinges a doune /. But if it is of colure 23. þis ben þe tokyns grete will to fighte and smyte & drey 24. nesse of þ(e) mouþe blackenesse of þ(e) tounge meche sharpe and 25. bittir ache and meche ferynge of herte and his coloure is 26. a swarte rede And his eyen ben swellyn / But þ(e) tokyns 27. of blood ben a clene coloure of þ(e) vysege and þey ben(-) aboute 28. to pull out trees and stikks out of wellis and þey lackyn
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
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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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
item_height
207 mm
Item Height
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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
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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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:
115
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115
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