COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911699dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Medical recipes
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
14v
Image Sequence Number:
014v
Description:
Medical recipes. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. suellyngis Take þ(e) jnner rynde of yonge oliue & peri- 2. tory of eu(er)y A liche meche & alym A litill & sethe hem in 3. white wy(~)n till þey be(~)n softe And put þ(er) to .iij. unc(e) of 4. branne & sethe hem in to þ(e) þiknesse of a plastir And 5. ley to þ(e) soore all hote Anoþ(er) Take apounde of oty(~)n 6. mele & white breed & branne of eyþ(er) half a pounde & .ij. 7. galons of cowȝ mylke or more if nede be sethe hem 8. to gedir half an houre or more to þ(e) þicknesse of a plastir 9. & eu(er) more ley it to hoot ffor bitinge An hounde 10. Take & rost garlik & onyons of boþ(e) j liche meche & 11. temp(er) it vp w(t) hony & make an oynment þ(er) of & ley 12. on þ(e) bytynge & a plastir of sody(~)n malowys þ(er) on ffor 13. Aknge in the shuldir joynt Take .v. dra(~)ys of a 14. galle of a nox & an unc(e) of hony And seth hem to gedir 15. as þicke as an oynment And a noynt þ(e) shuld(er) þ(er) w(t) 16. till it be hoole ffor malu(~) mortuu(~) cancris that 17. ben olde Take hempe seed & juy & boyle hem or f*ye (^frye) 18. hem till it wax black þ(t) it may ben poudred take ver- 19. degres half an unc(e) make it vp w(t) hony & þen suffisiþ(e) 20. it cordith riȝt well & leuyþe an Escarye & if it be seyde 21. to ofte tymes suksessyueli whan þe Escarye ys a 22. way it helith olde Cankr sores and þ(e) same cankris 23. if þey ben newe & malu(~) mortuu(~) & suche oþ(er) & henry 24. de Amando ville seiþ he founde neu(er) none bett(er) 25. medecy(~)n a monge suche man(er) medecynes þ(an) þis ffor 26. womannys pappes þ(t) Akyn þ(t) ben reveled 27. Take groundswill & dayes and wasshe he m & stampe 28. hem & drink hem first & last ffor ache of olde 29. sores Take sauewey seed & stampe it well in 30. a mort(er) & put þ(er) to þ(e) þirde parte of cromys of
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:
160
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Medical recipes
