Image Number:
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JRL0911757dc
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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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Notes on urine
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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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43v
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Image Sequence Number:
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043v
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Description:
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Notes on what types of urine rule which areas of the body. Between lines 5 and 10 in the left margin is written 'iiij Regions .va[cate] .hit . vryna.' Line 1, '&' is written above 'or'. Lines19-21: 'good & sckcor[n]ely orate p(er) nos'. Note line 9 unusual use of first person pronoun. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
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Transcription:
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1. mede nyth. blod. hath þ(e) mastry / (^&) or .vj. ourys red color. 2. rygnes / malencoly. reynys sex ourys aft(er) none. / and 3. flewme regnys vj. oures before medenyth. / 4. vryn es dep(er)ted in .iiij. regyonys þ(t) is to say regyon 5. of whhitt(es) / & þ(t) is þ(e) hed regyon of spu(~)clys / & þ(t) 6. is þ(e) brest Regyon of pys persyd membrys that 7. is to say þ(e) stomok & þ(e) gutt(es) & regyon off gen(er)ati- 8. nis is þ(e) lendys þ(is) & legges / þ(e) cercle / demes 9. þ(e) hed in (^þe) vryne & at þ(e) hed (^) j shall begynne / ffor 10. hit is cheff & rewler of wytt(es) eu(er)y cercle sygnyfyyth 11. febylnes of hed / cercle whit & thyk sygnyfyth þ(t) fleme 12. hath þ(e) mastry in þ(e) hyndyr p(er)te of þ(e) hede for þ(is) is sette 13. of flewme / vryn þ(t) hath cercle whit & cler(e) sygnyes 14. þ(t) malencoly hath þ(e) mastry in þ(e) leste q(ua)rtyr of þ(e) hed / 15. Cerkylle rede & clere sygnifyes þ(t) blod hath þ(e) mastry in 16. þ(e) forhed for þ(is) is þ(e) sette of blod /. Cerkyle red & clere 17. signifies þ(t) red color hath þ(e) mastry in þ(e) ryghte q(ua)rter 18. of þ(e) hede vryn þ(t) hath sercle of purpyll coler & þ(e) serkyll 19. be quakeynge yow no man hit mene signifyes þ(t) afux of 20. euyll humyr aryist fro þ(e) stomake vp to þ(e) hed & falles 21. downe by þ(e) fax of þ(e) nekke mat(er)e is cause of þ(e) p(er)alise vryne 22. þ(e) lewe & full of met(es) þ(t) hath þ(e) color of leused . signifies dethe 23. yffe þ(e) cercle / be blow asse lede vryne þ(t) hath cercle blake 24. is takyng of deth /. vryne clere Aboue & derke byneth ys 25. tokyn of lyffe vryn derk Aboue & clere by neth / is tokyn 26. of deth / cerkyll clere & grene hauynge smale greynes 27. in þ(e) cercle as quykselvyr is tokyn of gutte in þ(e) heuyd 28. mygryen or vniu(er)sil in þ(e) forhed & þ(is) suffis for þ(e) heed / 29. vryn whit asse mylke in ma(~) it is token of deth /
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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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Urine--Analysis
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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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450
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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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