COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911754dc
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:
42r
Image Sequence Number:
042r
Description:
Medical recipes. In upper margin (some words in the sentence are torn away): '^ for þe py[****] wo[~a]nys papp[ys]'. in left margin next to lines 16 and 17: 'þe sede is leke' (and then two small hearts are drawn) line 9 in left margin 'iʒen(~)' is written. Line 3 above 'pales' is written: 'palʒe. Line 18: above 'palesie' is written '[n]es[tio**]g'. Line 19 'baage' is crossed out above the word 'pokket'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. pyony is hote & dry in ij deg(es) þe rote goth yn to 2. many diu(er)se medycins & wol dur ten ʒeer & it 3. is gode for þe pales make of þe route poudr & take 4. castor & seth to wyn also it is gode for þe stone 5. þe same drynk ys gode for a man þ(t) is costyk do 6. þe poudr þ(er) of in coton & do it yn to þe foundement. 7. Celendeyne is hote & drye in iiij degr & galien 8. seth it is gode for iʒen also take þe jus & hony 9. & boyl hem to gedr in a pan it is gode for sore 10. iʒen whan it ys cold also take þe jus of ce- 11. londeyn & te(~)p(er)e it w(t) got(es) dryte & venegr 12. & lay it to þe kankyr on a womans pappe & 13. it shall sle þe kankyr also take jus of celon- 14. deyn & te(~)p(er)e it w(t) poudr of bryn(~)ston & þ(t) wol 15. hel þe morfewe. 16. ʒerd cressen ben hote & drye in/iij degr/ the 17. sede wol dur fyue ʒer gode it is for to staunche 18. the slyy & þe menyson & for þe palesie take 19. þe seed & seth it yn wyn & do it yn a pokket 20. & bynd it to þe syde of þe seke þ(er) þe sore is & it is 21. gode for a man þ(t) may not wel pysse take þe 22. seede & seth it yn wyn & oyle & lay it to the 23. [s]lar & to the po[un]le. 24. Saueyn ys hote & drye & dry in iij der(es) it is gode for 25. ache of þe wombe þ(er) as wormys been for it 26. wol bryng hem oute seth it in wyn & yif 27. þe seke to drynk & lay a plastr to þe wombe
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:
435
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
