COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911717dc
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:
23v
Image Sequence Number:
023v
Description:
Medical recipes. In the top margin is another grotesque drawing of a pair of eyes with the words: '. wheþ þ(e) sorenes of jyn(~) comyth of het or colde' written in a later hand. Line 15: a later scribe has added '. toþ(e) ache .' The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. cloþ(e) & aft(er) warde temp(er) it w(t) hony & w(t) a fedir 2. anoynt þ(er) w(t) þ(e) eye ledis ffor bleryd eyen 3. Take þ(e) leuys of vervey(~)n & stampe it & make ballys 4. of he(~) & so bynde ou(er) swarte þ(e) eye atwoo or þ(e) days & 5. þ(u) shalt be hole ffor to knowe weþ(er) þ(e) sore þ(t) 6. in þ(e) eye comiþe of hete or of Colde Sethe 7. roses in wat(er) & ley hem on a smal lynnyn cloþ(e) & ley 8. it on þ(e) eyen & if þ(e) sore come of hete he shall þan 9. fele more sore & if it come of colde he shall fele a lasse 10. hete & sore ffor þ(e) webbe in þ(e) eye spottis 11. Take þ(e) jus of wilde tansey & þ(e) jus of woodbynde 12. & put hem in þ(e) eye(~)n whan þ(u) goiste to slepe & it 13. shall breke it wel ffor þ(e) toþ(e) ache Take þ(e) 14. rote of .v. leuyd gras & seþ(e) it well in vinegre or in 15. wy(~)n & holde it somdel hot as he may suffre a good 16. while in his mouþ(e) & it shall be hole Anoþ(er) f 17. chauff hertis hor(~)n & seþe & holde it hoot in 18. þi mouþe a good while & þ(u) shalt neu(er) haue þ(e) toþ(e) 19. Ache Anoþ(er) for Akynge of an olde tothe 20. Take a ravyns torde & put it in þ(e) ole and it shalt 21. breke þ(e) toþ(e) & do away þ(e) Akynge & som sey it wol 22. make þ(e) toþ(e) to fal oute Also for þ(e) same and 23. it is wele preuyd Take yny beryes & seþ(e) 24. he(~) well in vynegre or in wy(~)n and whan þey ben 25. well sodyn soupe of þ(e) licoure as hote as þ(u) maiste 26. suffre & holde it in þi mouþ(e) till it be colde & whan 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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
250
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
