COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911712dc
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:
21r
Image Sequence Number:
021r
Description:
Medical recipes. Written in the top margin: '. Manys eris .' Line 8 sic <þ> (thorn with no ). Line 15 a later scribe has added 'on a lam(~)e' above the cancelled words ' w(t) an hande'. Line 18 in the left margin to the foot of the folio: 'hafill of [*] yr(e) shebe & bryn it & let þ(e) wal ronne in jn to vessell þ(t) is good'. Line 19 'senigrene' = sengreen, house leek. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. wha(~) deffnesse is newe Take poudir of Comy(~)n 2. & brynstou(~) & ley it on an hoot tyle stone till it be wele 3. moltyn & holde þ(e) ere ou(er) þ(e) smoke þ(t) it may go jnne & 4. whan þ(u) gooste to þi bedde hile þi hede warme do so 5. eu(er)y nyȝt till it be hole ffor he(~) þ(t) have euyl eres 6. Take þ(e) branchis of þ(e) asche wha(~) þey ben grene & 7. ley he(~) on a brandyrou(~) on þ(e) fire & gadir þ(e) wat(er) þ(t) comyþ(e) 8. out at þ(e) endis an eye shall full & also of þ jus of 9. hedis of lekes & aney ful of þ(e) jus of jubarde & an 10. eyful of þ(e) jus of Elys offe þ(e) droppynge & medel 11. at þis to gedir & seþ(e) he(~) a litil & clense he(~) þ(^o)rowe 12. a cloþ(e) & put he(~) in a glasyn vessell & whan þou 13. hast nede put þis in þ(e) hole ere & lete hy(~) lye on þ(e) 14. sore ere & w(t) jnne chort tyme he shal be hole And 15. take wool þ(t) is growyn w(t) an hande vndir a blacke 16. shepis bely & ley it wete in þ(e) sayde jus & ley it 17. on þ(e) ere & it restorith herynge & doþ(e) awey ache 18. of eres ffor deffnesse Take wat(er) þ(t) rynnyþe of þ(e) 19. brynnynge hafil a shell ful & or þ(e) jus of senigrene 20. .ij. sponfull & a sponful of hony & shelfull of white 21. leke hedis jus & all warme helde it into þ(e) ere A 22. noþ(er) for þ(e) same Take þ(e) jus of walworte rot(es) 23. & hilde in to his eres ffor Akynge of eres Take 24. þ(e) jus of swynys gres & put it in to his eres & it
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:
225
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
