COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911741dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Charms and recipes
Alternative Image Title:
Dies mali et boni
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
35v
Image Sequence Number:
035v
Description:
On the 'dies mali' (unlucky days of the medieval calendar) and days not to let blood. Line 30 - !!! = eight symbols of letters with dots in between, possibly shorthand for a well-known prayer or charm, the a charm to avoid ill fortune, to be worn around the head, 'cum istis catarectaribus' (sic). 'circa cap[us]' Line 1 and down left side, folio badly damaged especially in top left corner. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. [n]yʒ[*] [t]e þ[*]ll ʒyffe [in] ale or 2. [be borne] þe(re) inne þe bodye of hem 3. neu(er) rote ne corupte jn to þe daye of dome þ(t) is to saye 4. laste daye of october and ij þe fyrste daye[s] of janyuere 5. and þis verelye p(er) p(ro)ved this for þe eule þat never faylle 6. who þ(t) in any of þise dayes be gynneth to do any werke þ(t) is to 7. saye geynge on any jurney or wedded wyffe or latyth hym 8. [*]ode or who þ(t) eu(er) be borne or do any thynge it shall neuere 9. come to ende þ(t) ys to [wu]te þe iiij kalendar of fe[u]erell þe v(e) 10. kalendar of Auerell and þe fyrste daye of auguste and þe iiij 11. kalendar of September this Rule telleth of þe days to lette blode 12. whyche ben good and whyche ben not goode 13. The fyrste daye of þe mone all daye is good to latte blode þe 14. secounde ys not goode þe iij daye fro þe our of iij is goode 15. þe iiij daye in þe morowtyde is goode þe v daye is not goode 16. þe vj daye ys not goode þe vij daye all daye is goode þe viij daye 17. fro [ix] unto nygthe is goode þe ix daye is not goode 18. þe x daye is not goode þe xj daye is not good þe xij daye is not (^good) 19. þe xiij daye fro þe ho(ur) of [oo] is good þe xiiij daye is goode 20. þe xv daye is not goode þe xvj daye is unholsome 21. xvij daye is not (^all is^) good þe xviij daye is not good 22. [*] xix daye is bettere þe xx daye is not goode 23. xxj daye in þe morowtyde is good þe xxij daye from iij to 24. [*j] is good þe xxiij daye is good þe xxiiij daye is not goode 25. þe xxv daye is goode þe xxvj daye is not goode 26. þe xxvij daye is good þe xxviij daye is goode 27. þe xxix daye is good þe xxx daye is goode [+] 28. [*]le fort[*] avadere portet secu(~) p(er)[**](~) 29. i[u](~) [om(~)es] gentes plandite [ist(es)] catarectarivʒ 30. M. [¡!!] .v. circa cap(us).
Language Code:
enm-GB
Language Code:
lat-GB
Subject:
Magic
Subject:
Medicine--History
Subject:
Charms
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:
370
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Charms and recipes
