COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911693dc
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:
11v
Image Sequence Number:
011v
Description:
Medical recipes. In top margin is written '.meg[r]ym. ston [*esa]ryn it growyth vnd an oke.', partially obscured due to tearing of the paper. Line 10 in left marin is written: 'hot agv' and in the right margin: 'efver*'. Line 20 in left margin 'god'. On line 24 the scribe has initially written a p instead of a b in 'obley', but he has erased the descender with cancellation dots. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. clowys a dra(~)me of gyng(er) make poudir of all þes and put 2. in to a quarte of Osey eyþ(er) of malmesyn in a vessell ou(er) 3. þ(e) fire and when it be gynnyþ to rise and boyle put a bryn- 4. nynge sti(^c)ke fflamyd to þ(e) risynge & it woll ben vn fere 5. & whitly take it fro þ(e) feer and lett it brenne þ(e) mon- 6. tauns of half a stonys cast And þen quenche it w(t) a 7. weet lynen cloþ(e) hillynge þ(e) pott þ(er) w(t) and þan let it 8. stonde til it be colde And þen put it in avyall w(t) som 9. of þ(e) matir or w(t) out weþ(er) þ(u) wilt ffor the hoot A- 10. gew Take everas rede v[i]negre þ(e) jus of petymorell 11. of eche a sponfull and wasshe his temples and his 12. forehede .iij. or.iiij. tymys and it woll hele hym and dou(~) 13. a wey þ(e) hete ffer the mygreym Take an halfpeny 14. wheyȝt of spekenarde a gret wheyȝt of pelet(er) of spayn 15. made to poudere þen take .v. sauser full of mustarde 16. and a sauserfull of venegre & anoþ(er) of hony ffor the brayne 17. yn . take centorye of spayne and make poudir & ete 18. it first and laste in mete & drynke & hit shall helpe þ(e) 19. brayn A good medecyne for the stone Take the 20. shedinges of vynes & bren hem in to ashis And þ(an) 21. take good stronge white wy(~)n And make þ(er) of a lye 22. And þan drynke it & it shall hele ffor sores A boute 23. a manys herte or undir his side Take saundres 24. þ(t) is spices and make it in poudir and take an obley 25. & ley it in wy(~)n or in Ale til it be þorowe moist & take 26. of þ(e) foreseide poudir whan þ(u) hast leyde þ(e) obley on a 27. drey crenchoure as meche as wal be lapped þ(er) jnne 28. And put it in to þ(e) sekes mouþe And lete hym swalow 29. it downe al hole ffor the rengnes . Take vn- 30. guentu(~) Alabaustrill vnguentu(~) Auru(~) of eu(er)ych A
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:
130
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
