COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911761dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Pregnancy
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
45v
Image Sequence Number:
045v
Description:
Knowing pregnancy. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm.
Transcription:
1. howe to know yf a wooman be w(t) 2. chylld or no geyve her j clowe 3. of garlyke to hete when she goeyth 4. to bede ande yf she felle [I] the 5. sawer of yt when she doeythe a 6. wake [^of her ferst slepe] thene she ys w(t) chyllde
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Medicine--History
Subject:
Pregnancy
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:
470
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Pregnancy
