COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911714dc
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:
22r
Image Sequence Number:
022r
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 5 'rom(~)e' is written in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. is þ(e) principall (^medecyn) ffor wat(er) þ(t) is fallyn in A manne 2. ere & doþ(e) hym disese þ(er) jnne Take þ(e) jus of 3. Colyaundir & do it in his ere & it shall hele ffor 4. wormys in A manys ere Take þ(e) jus of mynte 5. of rome þ(t) growith w(t) jnne wat(er) sydys & Also in 6. gardynys & put it w(t) olde vry(~)n put in a manys 7. Ere & it shall sle hy(~) Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same Take þ(e) 8. jus of wormode or of rewe of of soþ(er)wode or of loue- 9. Ache & put it into þ(e) ere ffor deff men Take 10. þ(e) white þ(t) ben a monge molhillis þ(t) ben clepid empe 11. hore & lett hem drye þ(t) þ(u) maist make poud(er) of he(~) 12. & doo it in white white why(~)n & do þ(u) two dropis 13. þ(er) of in his ere & vse þis a good while Anoþ(er) 14. for þ(e) same Take þ(e) jus of leuys of byche tree 15. & good vynegre evy(~)n porgou(~) & put þ(er) to a litill 16. of quicke lyme & clense it þorouȝ a cloþ(e) & put it 17. hoote in to seke ere ffor all man(er) of Aknge 18. of eres Seþ(e) wormode & malowis in vrey(~)n 19. if it comiþ of an hoot cawe & in wy(~)n if it come 20. of a colide cawe & make a plast(er) & ley to þ(e) ere 21. ffor eiȝen ffirst þ(u) shalt knowe ar þou 22. come to medecynys þ(t) þes ben euyl 23. for þ(e) sight in eyen As meche lycherye to
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:
235
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
