Detail View: Medieval Collection: Charms and recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911754dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 404
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Charms and recipes
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Parent Work Title:
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Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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English Medical Manuscript
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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42r
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Image Sequence Number:
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042r
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Description:
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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.
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Transcription:
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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
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Medicine--History
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Subject:
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Recipes
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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207 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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435
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-05
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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