COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911706dc
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:
18r
Image Sequence Number:
018r
Description:
Medical recipes. There is a crude drawing in ink of a face in profile at the bottom of the page. Line 11: 'u' in 'dryuen' has been changed by a later hand to 'v'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. And take rot(es) of fferne leuys of mugwort whasshen 2. & a quaute of brenne & fresshe swynys gres & boyle þis 3. & make a plast(er) and ley to her navell and so downwarde 4. Antitidotu(~) emagogu(~) is good if a woman haue to 5. many of hyr floures for to sees he(~) drinke þ(er) of w(t) stale 6. ale ferst & laste til she be hole Also take & make a plast(er) 7. hoot to þ(e) navil ffor þ(e) stomoke & feuyr in þ(e) stomoke 8. Take comyn annyes fenel sede rede rosys levis wor- 9. wode mynt vynegre sourebred fryed in A plast(er) in a 10. bagge ley to þ(e) stomoke leuke hoot & new it ofte w(t) 11. venegre ffor to dryuyn jnne Emerawdes 12. Take an handefull of herbe mol(^e)yne & stamp it in a 13. morter And putt it into a vessell & put þ(er) to oyle o- 14. lyue & olde bores gres & put þes þre to gedir and 15. stere it well & ley þ(er) on a cloþ(e) to þ(e) foundment as 16. hoot as he may suffre And do this ofte til þei ben 17. jnne ffor bytynge of a yuerou(~) eyþ(er) a spie 18. Take flyis & robbe it well þer it is betyn ffor 19. ȝyxynge Take sauge w(t) vynegre & drinke 20. Also putt boþ(e) þin handis in hoot wair above þ(e) wriste 21. & it shall do it awey ffor þ(e) p(er)lous ȝexyngyn 22. Take sauge rewe comyn & pep(er) of eche aliche meche 23. & sethe he(~) to gedir and ete asponfull w(t) clarified hony 24. at morow & at evyn ffor to kepe þ(e) f(^r)o venym 25. Take rot(es) of ȝarowȝ. lete he(~) lyȝe in wy(~)n or mylke 26. Till þei ben weel nesshe & seþ(e) he(~) a litill at mydday
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:
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.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
195
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
