COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911697dc
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:
13v
Image Sequence Number:
013v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 22: 'of 'evell' is written above the word 'hetes'. In the bottom margin: '.blastid w(t) on kyne heyr.' The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. of þ(e) þickest þ(er) of & ley it on þ(e) sore place twyes or þries ffor 2. ache in the shuldris . Medill marciatou(~) A grippa þis 3. twoo oynment(es) to ged(er) and anoynt þ(e) ache þ(er) w(t) for it is 4. p(ro)ved ffor Akyng by the boon or wher so evyr/it be. 5. vngue(~)tu(~) Aragon vnguentu(~) marciaton vngue(~)tu(~) dialtea 6. calasticu(~) menge it al to gedir & ley it on þ(e) pacient & ley a 7. plastre þ(er) on of diaterascos Crogra manu(~) is curyd as oþ(er) 8. flematik enpostomys But aspeciall plastre þ(er) for is þ(e) plast(er) 9. Of mounpellerys made of rede cole sodyn w(t) þ(e) ley of wood 10. asschy(~)n and a litill vinegre & alitil salt grounde to gedir 11. ffor prykyng of A nedil in a joynt or w(t) a þorne 12. & þ(e) hole be stopped Take bultid floure and whete and 13. temp(er) it w(t) wy(~)n and boile hem to gedir til it be þicke & 14. make a plastre and ley to þe sore as hoot as þ(e) seke may 15. suffre & þ(t) shall hele þ(e) ache & hele it vp & foure hopyn 16. þ(e) hole and close it ayen ffor swellynge of A manys 17. yerde Take lekis w(t) all þ(e) facis & wasshe hem stampe 18. hem and frye hem in boris gres & make aplastir all about 19. þ(e) yerde ffor swellynge of manys codde Take 20. malous floure of benys & comyn boylye w(t) wat(er) A 21. good medecyn sores in legges And in feet 22. and Also swelynge of vnkynde hetes Take þ(e) 23. ashyn of A grene asshe & make lye & whan hit is fyne 24. take þ(e) ix dele of white vynegre and do þ(er) to a litil of A- 25. lym & seth it to gedir in to þ(e) haluyndele & put it in to 26. a vessell & here w(t) wasshe þ(e) sore And wete a lynnyn 27. cloþ(e) þ(er) jnne many folde ley it on þ(e) sore and whan it 28. is drye change it ffor him þat is blasted w(t)
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:
150
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
