COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911727dc
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:
28v
Image Sequence Number:
028v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 6: possibly an error, or the scribe is using the same thorn twice to serve in two separate words, ie þ(u) and þ(s). Line 8: the word 'franke' is written in the left margin. Line 14 the underlining finishes prematurely after 'iyen' but then starts again. Line 18 in left margin: 'rsneros'. Line 30, the underlining finishes prematurely after 'spehe' but then starts again with a virgule. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. man(er) Take Þe same erbys whan Þ(ei) ar(e) sodyn & wryng hem 2. & gryne he(~) smale i(~) a mort(er) & te(~)p(er) he(~) w(t) Þe same lycour(e) ayen 3. & do Þ(er) to whete brane to holde i(~)Þ(e) lycour(e) . & make agarlonde 4. of a kerchef & bynde Þ(e) seke hede Þ(er) w(t) & lye Þ(e) plast(er) on Þ(e) moolde 5. w(t) jnne Þ(e) garlond as hotte as Þ(e) seke may suffyr(e) & bynde Þ(er) 6. w(t) a volyp(er) & sette Þ(e) c[hi]ppe above & [*] Þ(s) do iij tymys & he shall be 7. holle ffor clensyng of Þ(e) hede / Take juse of walworte salte 8. hony wexe & encence & boyle he(~) to gedyr(e) ov(er) Þ(e) fyr(e) & Þ(er) w(t) 9. anoynte Þ(i) hede & Þ(i) te(~)plys . Jt is a good ovnteme(~) 10. for Þ(e) vaneteis of Þe hede : ffor clensyng of 11. Þ(e) hede / Take pelet(er)e of spayne & shew Þe root 12. iiij days & it shall sporge Þ(i) hede & do a whay Þ(e) ache & 13. fastyn Þi tethe i(~) Þ(e) gomys /to sle wormys i(~) manys 14. iyen / ledys/ Ta slalte & burneit i(~) a cloth & te(~)p(er) it 15. w(t) hone & w(t) a fethir(e) a novnte Þ(e) yey ledys whan(~) 16. ye goe to bedde /ffor Þ(e) wheb jn Þ(e) eye/ Take effres (^) 17. a good q(ua)ntete & temp(er) it well & wrenge owt Þ(e) jujs 18. Þ(er) of thoro a cloth & take bore gres or barowis gres 19. & caponys gres & goos gres & medyll he(~) [to] geÞ(er) 20. i(~) a brasse panne & frye sterre he(~) to geÞ(er) w(t) a rowe(~) 21. staffe & bowle Þe(~) wel & let it kele / and Þan do it 22. i(~) a boxce & whan Þ(e) seke goith to bedde do a lyttil 23. Þ(er) of i(~) Þ(e) sore eye . Medesyn for Þe throt & soore mowÞ(e) 24. Take quynte foyle a goode q(ua)ntyte & sto(~)p it i(|) fayr(e) wat(er) 25. seÞ(e) it i(~) a possenet & when it is well bowlyd holde 26. vppe hopyn Þ(i) mowÞ(e) Þ(er) ou(er) & let Þ(e) eyr(e) Þ(er) of co(~) i(~) to 27. Þ(i) throte as hote as Þ(u) mays sou(er) supe Þ(er) of & as it 28. kelith spete it oute & take fresche & do so iij tymys 29. or fouyr(e) & do so iiij daijs & Þ(e) seke schall be hoolle ho 30. so hath loste hys spehe / i(~) sekenes/ Take Þ(e) juse of sawge 31. or of p(ri)merose & do it i(~) his pochage & i(~) his drynke 32. & he shll speke /for a man Þ(t) spetyth blodde/ Take
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:
300
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
