Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911700dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 404
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Previous Accession Number:
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R24458
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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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15r
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Image Sequence Number:
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015r
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Description:
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Medical recipes. In top margin '.A notabil medesn' and '[*] blve & blake'. Line 2, after 'suf-' is added 'fer'. Line 15 the two '&&' are cancelled and 'or' is inserted above. In left margin between about lines 10 and 14: 'and toth (^ache) [*] take Neppe & stamppe it & pot it a bowte & yn that toth & it will sesse p(ro)batu(~).' Line 18 'eyren' is cancelled out with 3 dots around it but not cancelled further down on line 24. 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. white breed Take þan & cast þ(er) to drye figgis hony 2. & venegre aftir þ(e) ache akiþ & þ(e) quantite of þ(e) sore suf- 3. fiisith for þ(e) more þou castist in of drye figges þ(e) sharp(er) 4. is þ(e) seue weyne but more þ(u) castist in of vynegre 5. þ(e) flebler it is þ(e) plastir On all wise j mo mysse and 6. counsell þ(e) þ(t) þ(u) sett not lightly by þ(is) confeccyou(~) for j 7. haue p(ro)uyd it ful notable in many causes but neþeles 8. j woll nat þ(u) ley hit to all sores A notable mede- 9. cyn þ(t) removiþ a wey the to þ(e) ache for wu- 10. rþi ly it doþ it a wey w(t) jnne half an oure 11. Take þ(e) seed of Apiu(~) .s. ß henbane opiu(~) of ev(er)yche .ij. 12. stripulis make pelettis þ(e) gretnesse of a figche. w(t) 13. aquavite & ley on þ(e) toþ þ(t) akith & þ(e) Ache shall sees 14. a non A poudyr comferme teþ þ(t) ben lose Take 15. white & (^or) & rede Corall of ev(er)yche an unc(e). make half 16. an unc(e) poudir & ley þis poudir on þ(e) teþ þat bene lose 17. & it fastniþ hem a none ffor a ma(~)[i*y] þt is blew 18. or blacke of brissure Take white of (^egis) eyren and stampe 19. it w(t) p(ar)sley make it þicke as an oynment w(t) out fire 20. & ley it to þ(e) eye liddis ffor manys legge or har 21. me þ(t) is cutt of make oyle seþinge & put þ(e) stumpe 22. or þ(e) legge(~) þ(er) jnne as seþing as it is ffor to bate 23. þe ache of manys ȝerde Take cro(~)mys of brede 24. groundyen w(t) yolkes of eyren & oyle of popye 25. ffor þ(e) palnesey on a manys ȝerde Sethe 26. Castorye wyn & wasshe hym þ(er) w(t) about þ(e) share 27. & wete a lynnyn cloþ(e) þ(er) jnne and ley it on his yerde 28. man(er) of a plast(er) ffor blaynynge of a mannys
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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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165
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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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