COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911735dc
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:
32v
Image Sequence Number:
032v
Description:
Medical recipes. The ink is very faded on this folio, especially the last three lines. A notes in the left margin is virtually indecipherable. Between lines 8 and 9: 'þs is for spodde ha[**ely]' Interlineation. Lines 18-19: 'grem[al]' Line 26: the 'est' comes slightly below the 'probatum', on the end of the next line. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. [*] & [*] Take owle oliue & 2. [*]uyll Elcu(~)pane is good for he[*]ch & oþ(e) 3. dishesse þe sa[*] ow[ll]e & Rowe or tansaye þe 4. [*]þan [*] owlley beten is for þe hedde. Whan you 5. make owne(~)t(es) for þe hedd take erbis for þe hedd 6. [&] you make owm(~)ente for þe bode take erbis for þe 7. bode seth þe herbis jn rvnyng wat(er) till þei be soft 8. þen dren(~)e þe wat(er) owte And pvtte owlle olyfve 9. to the(~) jn a potte & set þe pott jn þe growne ix 10. days of of þ(is)abre yor owin[m]ente. herbis wi[ll] 11. rotte jn ix days ou(er) soodde rave & þe(~) make it 12. ffor the hejch & pym(~)pill(es) þ(t) wat(ur)ith . 13. Take Elecu(~)pana qujcke sjlu(er) ovville de baye 14. tryakle of heche j d worth & make oin(~)en 15. ffor the Kowe/ Take A redd jneou(~) & 16. roste hem(~) & ley hym hoot to your povvll 17. of your necke ix days & shall svage . 18. dy[cil] ffor the collic and the stovme 19. Take lytontrypon lytontrypon . 20. make it jn powdyr and drenke it 21. fvrste and laste also jn your metis 22. and dryngkys & shall not greffe [bvt] [was*] 23. & nomor gref you . 24. ffor þe [d] agev take erbe archangill (^archangill) & sage 25. stompe them to keþir & seth them jn 26. gode alle & dreyng it fvr[*] & laste p(ro)batu(~) (^est) 27. mes[*]o(ur) medesynjs aft(ur) yo(ur) djscresciou(~) 28. to keppe you fro oþ(er) deȝecis takyng þorow 29. [**] [**] no of(er) mvste(^*) co(~)ced(er)
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:
340
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
