COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911694dc
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:
12r
Image Sequence Number:
012r
Description:
Medical recipes. On line 18 in left margin: 'vanys. .cotte.' Line 11 in right margin is written 'colic'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. quartrou(~) put hem to gedir and a noynt þ(er) w(t) þi backe 2. þ(er) it is sore / ffor laxatiff Take þe jus of violet eyþ(er) 3. of þ(e) floure & a good quantite of sugur and medil hem to 4. gedir And put it þan in a glas and stopp it and sett it in 5. þ(e) sonne And take fflorey þ(er) of and kepe it wel in a box & 6. vse it first & last ffor him þ(t) may not holde his 7. watir. Take hart(es) horne & brynne it & shaue it and 8. make poudir þ(er) of & drinke it laste Also Take þ(e) heles 9. of a swynys ffoot and bryn it & yeve hit hym to drinke 10. Ffor þ(e) dropsye make wurt(es) of fouthistil and vse it 11. ofte & he shall be hool ffor þ(e) Colike Take a good 12. quantite of Centorye as meche of sauge and as meche 13. of stanmarche as meche of tansye And .viij. or .ix. 14. hedes of garlike and put hem in to a quantite of watir 15. And sethe it in to þ(e) haluyn dele & þen streyn it þoro- 16. ugh a cloþ(e) and put þ(er) to poudir of pepir and hony A 17. litil And kepe it as longe as þ(u) wilt And drinke þ(er) of 18. first & last ffor venys Cutt of blood latynge 19. Seþ(e) rew in wat(er) and smere þ(er) w(t) þ(e) harme And in þ(e) 20. same watir sethe lambes wull And ley to þ(e) Arme 21. And to þ(e) veynys & þey shull hele ffor A greuauns 22. wounde Take crepil wort and chauff in þi honde 23. and ley to þ(e) wounde ffor a wounde to sone closid 24. Take þ(e) brayn of an hare and ley þ(er) to And it shall 25. be hole ffor womannys pappes swollyn Take 26. lyn seed & þ(e) white of an ey or þ(e) jus of smalache and 27. ley þ(er) to & if she lese hir mylke yeve hir drinke þe 28. jus of verveyne & shall have j nowȝ ffor peyne 29. in hors legges. Take olde vryne of a man &
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:
135
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
