Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911724dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 404
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Medical recipes
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Parent Work Title:
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Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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English Medical Manuscript
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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27r
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Image Sequence Number:
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027r
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Description:
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Medical recipes. a crowded folio, with lots of interlinear additions, marginalia and cancellations. line 13 $ = infinity sign symmbol denoting end of recipe. Line 14 - 18 contains so many interlinear notes and addenda that it is difficult to know which text belongs to which line. Lines 13-14 interlineation: '& bey[ns] in þe fles[c]e' Lines 14-15 interlineation: '& ley hy** ou*' and also: '& he wyll drev þe thorne **warde'. Left margin lines 19-23: 'w[h]eth wh[*]ne redde harte leffe' The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
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Transcription:
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1. ffor to spurge a manys hedde . take þe juce of [*] 2. dayisyyn & lete droppe on droppe in þee nostrellys on aft(er) a [*] 3. noþ(er) a longe as he may suffyr & it shall sporge þe hed clene . 4. ffor jeffe a man be powesynyd or woman . / Take iij fe[bb]ardys 5. nottis . or iij hasylnott(es) . & fenegere & fusar Ete hythe [**] [othir] 6. drenket as sonne . aft(er) .as ȝe haue that deȝese & it shall remede 7. Anoþ(er) Ette fre nowe made bott(er) nextte your(e) ha[rt]e & that 8. daye nopowsyn shall do you harme mor(e) ou(er) leye nowe bottur 9. to your(e) navyll it shall cause youe to purge & keppe it þ(er) to . / 10. ffor bytyng of a wode howne . to man(er) of beste Take and wrete this 11. wordis voppon an appill or syngbrede. (^ syyngbrede) and yffe Ena + mare + ffrare + . 12. gud + nare + ffrare + . twiste it wrette . and iffe that man or bete to hette 13. & drenke & they shall be holle w(t) godis grasce [$] 14. ffor preckyng of a thorne or oþ(er) Take a charneweb an brosce hy(~) & ley to 15. the plasce þe(t) is [soe] sore & it shall be holle . ffor Grete teteris or smalle 16. jn manys fasce or bode // Take the bereis of whynne (^bethe) growyng jn hegis 17. & hath a leffe leke an harte & bereis closter[ith] leke g(ra)pis beryng a grenne bere & aft(er) 18. tornyth (^to rede) and stompe þe bereys a lonne & yffe yawe take white whynne . 19. þ(er)to it is good . & box it & þ(t) wyll s(er)ue for all ayere & a nowte wher(e) 20. it is so rede Rowdellys & wat(er)yng go[mm]e . teteris ronyng from(~)e 21. plasce to plasce as wormys nowte þo placys & wasce & a clothe bynne . 22. þ(er) to ofte tyll þey byn gonne . p(ro)batu(~) este . also for þe pocys it is good . 23. at Miȝelmas tho beryjs bith ryppe and þan þay bith rede 24. leke a chereis and than theye bith sowte and beste to . 25. ocupye forthe with as you wille ocupy so breke j & j. and 26. so make and yownemente with white whynne & buxce 27. it for that is beste &c(etera) . 28. ffor a tetir or pockis that Rvnnyth As teteris 29. Take owle de bayie and whie wyne & your(e) fastyng 30. spotell & te(~)pir(e) it to [ou(er)] & let it stond j daye 31. and ou(er) nythe & þen put to mor(e) fastyng spotell 32. & so renewe w(t) fastyng spotill at ou(er)y tyme 33. that you a nowte your(e) pock(es) or teteris or 34. rvnnyng pockys as leke vnto teris &c(etera)
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Medicine--History
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Subject:
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Recipes
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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207 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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References:
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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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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285
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-05
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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