Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911684dc
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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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Medical 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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7r
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Image Sequence Number:
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007r
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Description:
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Medical recipes. Line 9 . 'ache' is written in the right margin. Line 13 in left margin is written: 'horho[un]e'. Lines 18-20 in the right margin is written: '. be war flamateke met(es)'. Lines 23-24 both types of
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Transcription:
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1. xv days ben past take half a ponde of sugur not full small grunde 2. And medyll it w(t) þ(e) toþ(er)with þyn honde And whan þ(e) xxx 3. days ben passed put it in A boxe and kepe it for hit is good 4. ffor every flux of þ(e) wome And for evylis þat comyth of colre 5. þ(t) is þ(e) syne of hete . And of drynesse And in þ(e) same man(er) . 6. is sugur violett made And þ(t) is good for all man(er) of vn 7. kynde hetys And for sekenesses of þ(e) best And of þ(e) sydes And 8. of þ(e) light And of þ(e) lyu(er) And for þ(e) cardiacle And for men þ(t) 9. ben costyf And for þ(e) ffeuyr t(er)cyan / But if the hede 10. ache be of ffleume þat to say of coldnesse . And of 11. moystnesse lette wasshe his feet eu(er)y nyȝt with warme 12. salt watir And eu(er)y nyght kembe his hede w(t) an jvery co(~)be 13. And of asshis of hey (^her) hone And of heldryn bowes þ(e) gretter 14. quantite And assches of betayne made lyghe And whasshe þ(er) 15. w(t) his hede for it is good boþ(e) for fallynge a way of here 16. & to do a wey the ache And a noynt þis hede w(t) þ(e) eyle of 17. of heldryn (^or) of saueyn Also take galba(~)um / And do it in 18. A pese of ledir And ley to þ(e) place þ(t) akth And make a plastre 19. of whete mele merche and wo(ur)mode reve fenell loueache And 20. of heyhone And leue malycolyes metes as oxe flesshe and ve- 21. nysou(~) and ffleumatike metes As White metes Porke salt fisshe 22. And . ffisshes þ(t) ben ffleumatike As heles Congur And suche odir 23. And ete no metes raw peres ne Apples ne onyons ne suche oþ(er) 24. raw þynges but notes And vse he sauge And sauge of gar- 25. lik and of pep(er) A herbe peletir ys good for hym And my(~)te 26. And gyngeu(er) clowes and vynegre And good clere wyn And 27. absteyn hym fro fastynge And for jdilnesse And fro wrath 28. and fro wakynge And colde bathynge is good for hym but
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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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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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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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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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85
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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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