COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911753dc
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:
41v
Image Sequence Number:
041v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 26 (^) 'frakelis' is written above the word 'frekenesse'. Line 6 'coreavnd(er)' is written sideways in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. Mynt is hote & drye yn ij degr hit co(~)fortyth the 2. stomake & refreynyth brakyng & castyng & is gode 3. both for lyu(er) & for lungis & it distroyth wormes yn 4. þe wombe & yif a woman drynkyt w(t) wat(er) hony 5. it shal make hir fayr delyu(er)aunce of chyld. 6. Colyaundr is cold & moyst in ij degr it is gode for to 7. sese ranklyng of wound(es) when they bryn & akyng 8. take þe skyn of venegr & oyle roses & coriaundr 9. & stampe hem wel to gedyr & make an oynement 10. þ(er) of & lay it vnto þe wonde þ(t) is ranclyd & it 11. shall seese akyng & do way swellyng & þ(is) is gode 12. for ballokkys þ(t) ben swellen for hu(~)kynd hete. 13. Scabious is cold & moyst yn ij degr & ys a herbe 14. of gode vertu stampe yt & seth it yn wyn & þ(t) 15. drynke is gode for þe lyu(er) & it wol dystroy wykyd 16. humours yn þe stomac & also drynk it w(t) [d(u)]rose eche 17. day fastyng & þ(u) shalt neu(er) haue postym whyle 18. thu use it sekyrly. 19. lylye is cold & dry in iij deg(es) & woso seth þe levys 20. in wat(er) it is a noble plastyr for seuewys þ(t) been 21. shortnyd & it is gode for all man(er) brynnyng 22. & saleeuyng also when þe leuys & þe rot(es) ben 23. soden yn old wyn & brayd w(t) hony it is a 24. p(ro)fitable thyng for seuewys þ(t) ben corven & 25. kyt also þe wat(er) þ(t) thus made ys gode for to washe 26. yn brusyrs & namely for to do away frekenesse (^) 27. of manys visage.
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:
430
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
