COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911711dc
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:
20v
Image Sequence Number:
020v
Description:
Medical recipes. In the top margin: 'Manys erys' is written in a later hand, alongside crude floral patterning. Line 1 a later scribe has added 'herbis' above 'heberi'. Line 5 a later scribe has added 'benys' above 'lupens' Line 10 a later scribe has added 'rvharbe' in the left margin. Line 20 a later scribe has added 'red' above 'myntis'. Line 22: omission of 'seke'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. boylyd betayne & oþ(er) heberi þ(t) ben good for þ(e) heede 2. when þey ben wele boyled to gedir take hem 3. out & lappe he(~) in a cloþ(e) & ley he(~) to þ(e) seke heed 4. ffor þ(e) scabbis in a manys heede whasshe he(~) 5. w(t) þ(e) wat(er) þ(t) of lupens was sody(~)n jnne & it 6. woll distroy he(~) ffor deffness & seke hers Take 7. camamyl & sethe it in a pott & put it in þ(e) ere þ(t) 8. is deffþ(e) And whasshe þ(e) ere & do so .iiij. days or 9. .v. and he shall be hool Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same Take 10. jubarbe & stampe it well & take .iiij. calponys 11. of a fresshe fatte ele & do no salt to hy(~) & rost 12. hy(~) on a spitt & kepe þ(e) gres þ(t) droppith of hy(~) 13. in A clene vessell & take þ(e) jus of jubarde & 14. þe gres of an ele & medil he(~) al to gedir & þ(e) first nyȝt 15. put it in þ(e) hole ere & þ(e) secunde day put it in þ(e) soore ere 16. & þ(e) þrid day putt it in þ(e) hole ere as hoot as þ(e) seke may 17. suffre Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same Take þ(e) galle of an hare & 18. Aquavite & womanys mylke euyn p(ro)possyonyd & well 19. medill it to gedir & put it in to þ(e) ere Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same 20. Take myntis & stampe & take jus & put in to þ(e) ere 21. & it doþ(e) a weye deffnesse well Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same 22. Take good vynegre & cast it on too tilestons & lete þ(e) 23. holde his here þ(t) þ(e) smoke may go in to it & þ(t) shall hele 24. hym Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same Take pysse of an yonge 25. childe & put it in to his ere when it is newe Also
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:
220
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
