COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911710dc
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:
20r
Image Sequence Number:
020r
Description:
Medical recipes. '. megry(~)me .' is written in the top margin. Line 17: 'ge[*]ger' is written above 'gyng(er)'. Line 22 a later scribe has added 'te' to the end of the word shal'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1 narde & grynde he(~) wel. And boyle he(~) in good vyne- 2 g(er) & take a sauserfull of mustarde & whan þi lico(ur) 3 is boylel & is colde doo þ(er) to þi(~)n hony and þi mustarde 4 & medil he(~) to ged(er) & vse þ(er) of half a sponfull 5 at onys and holde it in þi mouþ(e) as longe as þ(u) mayste 6 seye to credis and þan sput it out in to a vessell & 7 þan take a noþ(er) & do þis .x tymys or .xij. A good 8 while aftir þ(t) þ(u) haste ete atte none & a litil be 9 fore eft sonys .x tymys or .xij. & eu(er) spitt it out & 10 ar þ(u) go to bedde drynke a drauȝt in goddis name 11 if þ(u) wil whasshe wel þi mouþ(e) first & vse þis me- 12 decy(~)n .iij. days and þ(u) shall be(~)n hool on warndyse. 13 . Anþ(er) for þ(e) same. Take comyn bayis An(^e)ys 14 Cur monteyu(~) colyaundir fenel of eu(er)y an vnce 15 make hem in poudir & vse it in þi potage Anoþ(er) 16 ffor þ(e) same Take an vnce of galyngale and 17 an vnc(e) of gyng(er) & half an vnc(e)of note mygg(es) 18 & quartru(~) of an vnc(e) of clowis & a peny wheyght 19 of sp(er)yknarde & half an vnc(e) of lycoris & an vnce 20 of sugur & bete hem well to poudir & medill 21 he(~) well & ete þ(er) of first & last A sponfull attonys 22 & þ(u) shal wete & se w(t) jnne .iiij. days þ(t) shal 23 be hoole sekirly or warantyse. ffor þ(e) mygra 24 ym Take a good quantite of barly & lete it boyle 25 a good while w(t) wat(er) & put þ(t) to when it is
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:
215
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
