COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911713dc
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:
21v
Image Sequence Number:
021v
Description:
Medical recipes. In the top margin 'þesto eris .' is written, alongside crude floral patterning and an ink drawing of a transverse section of a head (left). Line 16: a later scribe has added 'of þe hed' after 'sekenesse'. Line 21: 'wrte' is added after 'kolis'. Line 23 above 'entente' is written 'hedde'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. doþ(e) wondir well A noþ(er) for þ(e) same Take þ(e) 2. jus of rede mynte & hete it a litill & put it in to 3. þ(e) eres Anoþ(er) for Akynge of þ(e) eres Brenne 4. a mouse heede & take þ(e) poud(er) þ(er) of & stampe it 5. w(t) boris gres & a noynt þ(e) seke ere & it shall 6. be hole ffor tekelynge in A manys Ere . 7. Take þ(e) jus of soþornwood & doo it in to þ(e) ere 8. & stoppe þ(e) ere w(t) levys of þ(e) same herbe & drinke 9. þ(e) jus at evyn & at morowe & it shal hele hit 10. ffor herynge Take þ(e) wat(er) of gryne hawþorne 11. brent shal hele þ(e) herynge so it be medlid w(t) oyle 12. & doon in þ(e) ere þ(t) is hole Also Anoþ(er) for deff- 13. nesse Take Aneys & fenel seed & bays by evyn 14. porsions & seþ(e) he(~) in wy(~)n & put it in to þ(e) 15. ere & it shal ben hole on warantise ffor the 16. sekenesse þes ben the cheff þinges Ete no 17. garlike kepe þ(e) wele from þ(e) hete of þ(e) sonne & 18. leve to stompe & leue cryenge for þes ben þ(e) 19. cheff þinges þ(t) grevyn þ(e) hede sekenesse Anoþ(er) 20. for þ(e) same Take þ(e) poudir of clowis & þ(e) poud(er) 21. of þ(e) sede of kolis & temp(er) hem wel w(t) þ(e) jus of 22. rewe & wete a tente þ(er) jnne & putt it in to þ(e) ere 23. And of one þinge take good entente þ(t) all þinge 24. þ(t) þ(u) puttist in þ(e) Eryn must be colde for þis
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:
230
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
