COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911748dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Charms and recipes
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
39r
Image Sequence Number:
039r
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 1 in top margin above 'brakyng' is written 'bra' crossed out. Line 2 note the 'd' ending instead of 'n' ppt. Line 5 unidentified mark in right margin. Line 15 $$ scribal error ink blotch, a is visible. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. brakyng in the see. 2. Swerdwort þe jus drinkyd with wyn woll hell 3. all venemouse bytyng(es) & dystroy venym þ(t) men. 4. hath etyn oþ(er) dronkyd þ(s) erbe drenk it w(t) wyn 5. & pep(er) purgyth þe modyr after þe chyld byrth it 6. helpith to hem þ(t) þe chynk yf it be dronkyn 7. & wel sau(er)ed wat(er) or odyr gode drynk this erbe 8. stampyd & mad yn man(er) of an plast(er) wol bryng 9. oute nayle or thorn. And take sa[m] & put þ(er) 10. to glad[n] & anoynt thy go(m)ys for rotyng of teth. 11. drynk it w(t) wat(er) oþ(er) w(t) wyn & it wol hel ache 12. of þe syde . drynke it w(t) wat(er) & it wol distroy þe 13. yvyl fevrys and sou(er)e[n]ly it wol so do gode a 14. yenst þe crampe./ and it dystroyth þe hardppo- 15. [t]agr & þe [$$] ache of þe wombe & þe fallyng 16. yvyll & the palse. 17. Savyn is hote & drye in iij degr(es) medle it w(t) 18. hony & it wol dystroy as fast a wonde or a bo- 19. che & clense it & tho e[m]playstyr wol hele an- 20. fel[o]n. savyn oft dr[un]kyn w(t) wyn wol delyv(er) 21. a woman of a dede chyld & wol do gode to all 22. sekenesse takyn of cold. 23. [See] þe jus of leek drunken helyth hem þ(t) 24. casten out blode þe jus of leek wol staunch 25. blode þ(t) rynyth oute at þe nose thyrlys yf it 26. be anoyntyd w(t) yn for the & is gode for rynnyng 27. of brokyn bochys. leekes oft eten shall
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:
405
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
