COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911704dc
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:
17r
Image Sequence Number:
017r
Description:
Medical recipes. left margin line 14: 'Coloca pasio' and an illegible scored out word, are written. Line 15 above drye: 'drynke'. Interlineation above line 22: '& put it in lennyn [**]a [*] fro jol bake & so ou(er) þ(e) le[l]e' In the left margin below line 22: '& keppe hy(~) war[*] warme & also with diette' Above pappe line 26: 'potage'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. go jnne ayen ffor ȝykxynge Take sauge & stampe 2. it & te(~)p(er) it wt aysell And streyne it & drinke it And it 3. shall slake Jf þ(u) haue perlyous horsnesse Take sauge 4. rew comyn pep(er) & sethe hem to gedir w(t) hony & ete aspon- 5. full þ(er) of at morow & A nodir at evyn ffor þ(e) dr(^e)y hoste 6. Take horshalne & comferie and ete it þre days or mo w(t) 7. clarified hony ffor þ(e) quarteyne Take . thre leuys 8. of sauge .iij. leuys of mynt .iij. Cornys of pep(er) groundyn 9. & dronkyn in ale doþ a wey þ(e) ffevyr quarteyn ffor to 10. ese A mannys breþe Take Capouns gres & þ(e) jus 11. of jsope & all hoot A noyn þ(e) bryst w(t) out furþe & it 12. shall lose hym ryght wele Also for þ(e) Skall Take 13. Capons gres & a noynt þ(e) heed ofte þ(er) w(t) ffor þ(e) Colica 14. passio Take comyn Aneys & stepe he(~) in vynegre a 15. day & a nyghte & drye it aftir in þ(e) wynde or in þ(e) sonne 16. & shred þ(er) a monge gyng(er) & lycorys & ete þ(er) of a good pors- 17. syou(~) first & last & drinke þ(e) jus of broken lynipe þ(er) w(t) 18. & he shall be hole ffor þ(e) same Take a quart(er) of An 19. unc of scamo(^n)ye half an unc of fresshe botir an unc of 20. galle of a bolle & boyle þis til þey wex þicke as pappe 21. & take a quartoron of an unc of cere pigra and make of þis 22. a plastir & ley it to þ(e) wombe by neþe þ(e) nauyl till he goo 23. to prevey & þen take it awey ffor þ(e) same A man sh- 24. ulde drinke his own vryne all warme & he shall be hole 25. ffor þ(e) mormall Take cow mylke & floure sodyn to 26. gedir as pappe & aftir put þ(er) to rede cole stamped & make
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:
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:
185
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
