Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911695dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 404
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Medical recipes
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Parent Work Title:
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Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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English Medical Manuscript
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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12v
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Image Sequence Number:
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012v
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Description:
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Medical recipes. In the top margin: 'ache in þ(e) wo(~)me'. Line 18 in left margin: '.pelett(es).' Line 19 in left margin: 'fovndeme(~)t:' Line 21 in left margin: 'lacsatife.' Line22 in left margin: 'vacate.' In the bottom margin 'avence' is written again. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
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Transcription:
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1. henne dirtte And temp(er) hem to gedir And hit shall hele ffor 2. ache in þ(e) wombe and in þ(e) gutte . Take .v. 3. leuyd gras wilde sauge wilde tansey columbyne 4. rede mynte of eche .v. leuys or croppis & poune hem 5. small ina morter and temp(er) it w(t) stale Ale and drinke 6. it whan þ(e) greuith any ache ffor narownesse of þ(e) 7. brest Take a vnc(e) of poudir of licorire and an unc(e) 8. of sugur Candy And boyle hem ina quarte of wat(er) til hit 9. come in to þe haluyndele And þan stop it in A pynt pott All day 10. and eche nyȝt aftir drinke .vi. sponfull while it lastith ffor 11. the jaundis Take turmentill & grate it as gyngir 12. & drynke þ(er) of þryes ffor þe emeradys / Take a new 13. pott of erthe and fill it full of wat(er)cresses w(t) a litill 14. watir and boyl it til it be tendir And all hoot pot it und(er) A 15. chayer w(t) A sege And oire it þ(t) none eyre come out And 16. vse .ij. on þ(e) day first & laste ffor the costffenesse And 17. for þ(e) modir. Take hony & clarefie it til it wax harde 18. And make þ(er) of longe smale pelettes And whan it is colde 19. put one in her (^or hise) sege (^foundement) and vse þis .iij. days & Aloes þ(e) gum(~)e 20. and take þ(e) flo(^u)rys of borage and breke þ(e) Aloes & ete it w(t) 21. clarified hony As meche as aboue w(t) þ(e) floure ffor þ(e) 22. same take turmentil a good . quantite movsere 23. & .v. leuys of d(^b)eteyn And scabious and briswurte & a 24. grete quatite of Avence and seþe hem wt watir to half þen 25. drey(~)n out þ(e) clere And sethe hit a litill wt clarefied 26. hony in A new erthyn pott & whan it is wel boyled 27. lett it kele & hele it wel & drinke þ(er) of first and last. 28. A bathe. Take fenel sauge semit(er) and brvswort & malonys 29. and make a bathe onys . twyes or þryes take Avenc A
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Medicine--History
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Subject:
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Recipes
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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207 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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References:
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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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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140
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-05
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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