Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911701dc
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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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15v
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Image Sequence Number:
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015v
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Description:
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Medical recipes. Lines 3 and 4 ? quytir is water and wyte is quick, and the scribe has swapped the initial sounds of both words. Line 14 'ricardon' apple of richard. A parallel recipe is extant in Dawson f41r. Line 15 'juory' has been changed to 'jvery'. Bottom margin: 'also for þ(e) emeradis : take þ(e) powd(er) of a shoe whan it is bornyd & if þay blede or swette and ley þ(e) powd(er) to them : .' 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. yerde drey byrchyn leuys vppon on hoot tyle stone 2. and make poudir of hem & þ(e) poudir woll hele þ(e) 3. blaynys & consume þ(e) quytir but þ(e) poudir shall 4. not ben strewed to þei wyte ffor luynge of þ(e) 5. yerde Take a quartru(~) of Alym and a potyl of 6. watir & sethe it to þ(e) alym be molte þen bathe þe 7. ȝerde þ(er) jnne as hoot as he may suffre and whan 8. þ(e) wat(er) is colde hete hit a yan .iij. or .iiij. or þou 9. leve þan rive vp þ(e) skyn And close it w(t) jnne Apla- 10. stir for ache of þe heede Take peritorye & shre- 11. de it smal & fryett w(t) buttir or w(t) barowys grese 12. & ley to þe solis of þe fete as hoot as þ(u) maist suffre & 13. it shal a mend ffor the ȝelow jaundis Take 14. an appill þ(t) is cleped reedsterþe or a ricardou(~) take 15. out þe coore And fill þ(e) hole w(t) saffrou(~) and w(t) juory evyn 16. p(ro)porsyonyd & rost hym well & ete swiche applis firste 17. & last ffor þ(e) blake jaundis Take (^anggoultoche) anguylw[*]is 18. shes ar þey go (^in) to þ(e) erthe in þ(e) mornynge & frye he(~) 19. & haue out þ(e) erthe of he(~) & þan frye hem tyl þey 20. bene dryed & þen grinde he(~) smal in a morter and 21. temp(er) he(~) up w(t) good stale ale And w(t) a litil saf- 22. frou(~) & let þ(e) seke drinke it first and last & he shal be 23. hole ffor to distroy þ(e) felon Take hony and 24. þe ȝelke of an eye & floure of whete & temp(er) he(~) 25. to gedir and ley on þ(e) felon & as it dreys ley on newe 26. & hit shal slee hy(~) & dȝys ley on drye hy(~) up A g 27. good medecyn for þ(e) emerawdis out of þ(e) 28. foundement(es) Take a panne w(t) colis & hete 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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170
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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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