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JRL0911727dc

English MS 404

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Medical recipes

Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.

English Medical Manuscript

15th century

28v

028v

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.

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

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Medicine--History

Recipes

Manuscripts

Codex

Handwriting

Ink

Paper

1200 - 1500 CE

England

207 mm

140 mm

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.

The University of Manchester Library

The University of Manchester Library

Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.

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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