COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911749dc
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:
39v
Image Sequence Number:
039v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 14: 'hete' = 'heat' or (more probably) ='eat' Line 2: omission of article . Marginalia: Line 7 in the left margin 'letuse' is written next to 'letuse' and know' on line 20. Each new recipe is marked by a symbol in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. help a woman to conseve lyghtly and to all 2. these causys & many moo ys þe jus of leekys gode 3. & namely for þe kogh leekys etyn w(t) wyn or 4. drunkyn wol make hard wombe & þe jus of 5. lekys & slat wol clense a new wounde anon. 6. ffor drynk(s) that beth venemouse the seede & 7. letuse [on] wat(er) fastyng dryng oþ(er) ete or drynk. 8. ffor lechery/. take reue (reve) & ete it oþ(er) drynk it shall 9. avoyde. 10. ffor rankle w(t) yn mannys body . take þe pru[n]droye 11. & te(~)p(er)e it w(t) ayle & yif hym to drynke & he shal 12. be hole. 13. ffor akyng of wombe take tans(a)y & soþ(er)wode 14. & whyte salt hete it & it wol away. 15. ffor þe nose þ(t) semyth leprus take qwyksylu(er) 16. & grece of an bore & blac pep(er) & stour þ(t) is y cle- 17. pyd recheles & poun hem to gedyr & þ(er) w(t) 18. noynte thy nose þ(er) w(t) & iij days kepe þe from 19. the wyn & þ(an) shall be hole. 20. ffor to knaw amesell cast salt on hys blode & it 21. wol fal to gronde. 22. ffor goute hote oþ(er) cold take mannys pysse & kepe 23. it yn a boll viij dayes fort it be wel yrotyd 24. & seth it yn half myddyl or mor & wryng 25. it thurgh a cloth & aft(er) nym as mych jus 26. rewe & as m[o]cch of nettyll & do hem to ged(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:
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.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
410
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
