Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911699dc
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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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14v
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Image Sequence Number:
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014v
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Description:
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Medical recipes. 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. suellyngis Take þ(e) jnner rynde of yonge oliue & peri- 2. tory of eu(er)y A liche meche & alym A litill & sethe hem in 3. white wy(~)n till þey be(~)n softe And put þ(er) to .iij. unc(e) of 4. branne & sethe hem in to þ(e) þiknesse of a plastir And 5. ley to þ(e) soore all hote Anoþ(er) Take apounde of oty(~)n 6. mele & white breed & branne of eyþ(er) half a pounde & .ij. 7. galons of cowȝ mylke or more if nede be sethe hem 8. to gedir half an houre or more to þ(e) þicknesse of a plastir 9. & eu(er) more ley it to hoot ffor bitinge An hounde 10. Take & rost garlik & onyons of boþ(e) j liche meche & 11. temp(er) it vp w(t) hony & make an oynment þ(er) of & ley 12. on þ(e) bytynge & a plastir of sody(~)n malowys þ(er) on ffor 13. Aknge in the shuldir joynt Take .v. dra(~)ys of a 14. galle of a nox & an unc(e) of hony And seth hem to gedir 15. as þicke as an oynment And a noynt þ(e) shuld(er) þ(er) w(t) 16. till it be hoole ffor malu(~) mortuu(~) cancris that 17. ben olde Take hempe seed & juy & boyle hem or f*ye (^frye) 18. hem till it wax black þ(t) it may ben poudred take ver- 19. degres half an unc(e) make it vp w(t) hony & þen suffisiþ(e) 20. it cordith riȝt well & leuyþe an Escarye & if it be seyde 21. to ofte tymes suksessyueli whan þe Escarye ys a 22. way it helith olde Cankr sores and þ(e) same cankris 23. if þey ben newe & malu(~) mortuu(~) & suche oþ(er) & henry 24. de Amando ville seiþ he founde neu(er) none bett(er) 25. medecy(~)n a monge suche man(er) medecynes þ(an) þis ffor 26. womannys pappes þ(t) Akyn þ(t) ben reveled 27. Take groundswill & dayes and wasshe he m & stampe 28. hem & drink hem first & last ffor ache of olde 29. sores Take sauewey seed & stampe it well in 30. a mort(er) & put þ(er) to þ(e) þirde parte of cromys of
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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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160
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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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