COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911707dc
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:
18v
Image Sequence Number:
018v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 7-8 a later scribe has added 'ley it to'. Line 22: in left margin: 'beste.' The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. lete hy(~) take þ(er) of fastynge & þat ȝere shall he drede 2. no veny(~) hit is bettir to take þ(e) herbe w(t) þ(e) rote & drey 3. it & make þ(er) of poudir & vse it in vy(~)n or mylke ffor þ(e) 4. fire of helle þ(t) brynnyþ(e) in a manys flesshe 5. Take þ(e) rote of dayse w(t) þ(e) croppe bruse he(~) & ley þ(er) 6. to & chaunge if it ofte & to p(ro)ve þ(t) it is þ(t) sekenes or 7. nay Take alynnyne cloþ(e) & wete it in venegre & 8. it woll smoke if it be þ(t) fire Also þ(e) jus of plynteyne 9. woll hele þ(e) fire of hell ffor to assay þ(e) fire 10. off hell drop þ(er) jnne a drope of venegre & it 11. wol smoke of it be þ(t) fire þan take of brom ashin 12. & medill þ(er) w(t) þ(e) white of Aneye & oyle of roses 13. & drope on þ(e) fire till þ(e) smoke lesse ffor þ(e) same 14. Benyn mele & a good quantite of comyn brused & 15. boyle it wele in rede wy(~)n of gascoyne & make 16. a plast(er) & ley þ(er) to ffor to dissolve floures kitt 17. madir in smale gobettys & ley it in swete wy(~)n 18. a nyȝt & a day & yeve to drinke þ(t) wy(~)n fastynge 19. or jus of þ(e) same herbe wol do þ(e) same if þ(u) drinke 20. it .ix. days . Also sethe whete flour in mylke & hony 21. & ley a plast(er) beside þ(e) nauyl as hoot as she may suffre 22. Ffor þ(e) same Putt þ(e) jus of wey brode in her p(er)vite 23. & drinke it & þis is þ(e) best & none like it & þis is þ(e) 24. beste & none like it Also for þ(e) same Take þ(e) 25. jus of m(er)curye kokyll floure & hony of eu(er)yche j
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:
200
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
