COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911674dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Index of recipes
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
2r
Image Sequence Number:
002r
Description:
A numbered table of medical recipes; however the numbers are wildly wrong after 'lxix'. Interlineation lines 13 and 14: 'pisyng' . Interlineation 20 and 21: ' for chenke' and then written vertically down the left margin, with a line pointing to this insertion: 'if þ(u) haue þ(e) p(er)ilo(us) horȝeness'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. palsaye on A manys yerde ffor þ(e) vere of hell manys fle[se] 2. blaynys on A manys yerde ffor to dissolue flovris 3. for robyng of ma(~)ys yerde A woman travelyng 4. A plast(er) for hedhache ffor Akyng of teþ(e) 5. Anþ(er) for þ(e) helawe jaundys Akyng oþ(er) Raunkelyng 6. ffor the blake jaundis. Cherkyng of teþ(e) 7. ffor a feloune To make Awomanys tet(es) small 8. ffor emorad(es) To make tet(es) harde 9. A (^drenke.) dregge ffor þ(e) stonne ffor cankyr i(~) tet(es) 10. ffor þ(e) pilis oþ(er) fecchis ffor þ(e) hed ake be hyne 11. ffor laxatifve Megreme 12. ffor An cankir in mouth lese oþ(er) nett(es) oþ(er) vermen 13. ffor þ(e) iij cankir & cabys Megrem(~)e postu(~) & oþ(er) desesis in hed 14. ffor spuyng ffor chabis i(~) manys hed 15. for þ(e) crampe To cause yeryng in heris . 16. ffor hy(~)þ(t) maynot sleppe he þ(t) hath evill eris 17. ffor wrongenaylis . ffor akyng of heris 18. ffor to vodde lechere ffor tekelyng i(~) manys ere 19. ffor þ(e) fovndemente gute ffor eryng 20. for ȝexyng ffor deþ(e)nes . 21. ffor þ(e) drye horsenes leve [this] doyng(es) for þ(e) hed 22. ffor þ(e) quarten for wa[*]þ(t) is fallyn man ere 23. ffor to hesse Amanys (^breth) for wormys i(~) manys er(es) 24. ffor þ(e) salle for deþ(e) men 25. ffo þ(e) marmolle for al man(er) akyn i(~) eris 26. to cause notto conseve Ma remadeis for ysyth 27. to drawe downe (^woman) flouris ffor akyng of yyn 28. ffor þ(e) fevyr in þ(e) stomoke Runy(~)g heye(~)n 29. ffor to drevyn jnne emo[*]ad(es) ffor A stroke i(~) ma(~)ys yee 30. for prckyng of A spere To cler(e) þ(e) syth 31. for ȝexyng 32. ffor to [**]kep [þ(e)] A[bveuv(~)] 33. ffor collica passio
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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
35
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Index of recipes
