Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911729dc
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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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29v
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Image Sequence Number:
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029v
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Description:
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Medical recipes. Line 14 a copying error should say 'lete' but does say 'hete'. Line 15 ?another copying error. Line 20: 'nepte' = catmint or nip. Line 28: this punctus is ?just pen rest or a flaw. Line 31 ' itbe' is conjoined. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
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Transcription:
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1. p(ar)tye of honye þ(t) is bowlyd & skemyd & do he(~) to geþ(er) 2. & make þ(er) of a letuar & do it i(~) a veshell & lete þ(e) seke 3. use þ(er) of v or vj dijs a good q(ua)ntyte at onys fyrst & 4. laste & he shall helle ffor swellyng i(~) stomake/ 5. Take fenel rote ache rote a(na) stamp he(~) to geþ(er) 6. & te(~)p(er) it w(t) wyne & yeve þ(e) seke to drynke /ffor gryny(~)g 7. & akyng i(~) þe wome/ Take fenel lefe & stom(~)p it w(t) 8. stale ale & yeve þ(e) seke to drynke a sponfull at onys 9. & seþe pylyol & bynde it to his navil as hote as he 10. may suffyr(e) /ffor ache i(~) þ(e) whom(~)e/ Take rewe & sto(~)p 11. it & te(~)p(er) it w(t) alle or wat(er) & yef þ(e) seke to drenke 12. /ffor þ(e) meneson/ Take yarow & waybrod stomp he(~) 13. & take þ(e) juse & wheteflovyr(e) & te(~)p(er) he(~) to geþ(er) & 14. make akake & bake it i(~) þe emerys & hete þ(e) seke 15. ete þ(er) of as ote as he may suffyr(e) /ffor and . evyll 16. i(~) manys backe/ Take ache egrymonye & mowser(e) 17. & stom(~)p he(~) wel to geþ(er) & do þ(er) to barowys grese & 18. eysel & frye he(~) wel & make a plast(er) & as hote as ye 19. may suffyr(e) leye to his bake /ffor wormys i(~)þe wome 20. Take nepte & stomp it w(t) hote wyne & drynke it 21. wan þ(u) felyst þ(e) wormys greve þ(e) /ffor aman 22. þ(t) is costiffe/ Take malowys & m(ur)curye & seþ(e) he(~) 23. w(t) a messe of perke & make þ(er) of potage & yeve seke 24. /ffor þe flvx/ hen cressys & þ(e) croppis of wod byne 25. þ(t) berith hony sokys stom(~)p he(~) & te(~)p(er) he(~) w(t) warme 26. rede wyne & yeve þ(e) seke to drenke & let he(~) ete iij 27. days eu(er)y daye fyrst fyve lekys w(t) browne brede 28. þ(t) is ote & drenke no drenke & drenke no drenke 29. but rede whyne þ(t) is warme & he shalbe hole 30. & lete þ(e) seke have a stolle w(t) a shege & þ(er) vnd(er) a 31. litill char(e) colle fyr(e) & let itbe closyd w(t) a cloþ(e) 32. dovn(~)e to þe erþe þ(t) no hete may passe but i(~) to þ(e)
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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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310
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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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