Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911715dc
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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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22v
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Image Sequence Number:
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022v
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Description:
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Medical recipes. In the top margin is a grotesque drawing of pair of eyes with the words: 'Be War of met(es) & drenkys þ(t) hvrþ(et) þ(e) sitht of jyn' written in a later hand. Line 1: 'ortith þ(e) syȝeth .' is written in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
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Transcription:
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1. loke meche inshynynge þinge & to rede meche smale 2. lett(er) to slepe a none aft(er) mete & he þ(t) haþ(e) defaute 3. in his eyen syght þ(t) he must be ware þ(t) he ete 4. nat til his raþ mete be defijd & be ware of 5. dronkynnesse And þ(t) he brake nat be fore mete 6. Ne take nat to meche slepe ne to meche blood 7. letynge w(t) cuppynge all man(er) met(es) þ(t) ben sharpe 8. salte & stronge ne wy(~)n þ(t) is trowbly ne lek(es) 9. ne onyons ne ete wust(es) of cold ne figges 10. ne garlyke benys wynde smoke fire sound 11. hote blode grete travayle ches wepynge grete stok(es) 12. pepir mustarde & meche walkynge. Al þese ben euyll for þ(e) 13. sighte ffor Akynge of ey(~)n Take new fresshe 14. chesse & ley vppon þ(e) eyen & it shall A voyde þ(e) akynge 15. Anoþ(er) for þ(e) same. Who so anoynt his ey(~)n w(t) þ(e) 16. mylke of too wemmen þ(t) is of þ(e) mod(er) & of þ(e) dowet(er) 17. he shal neu(er) hau Akynge in his eyn ffor ey(~)n þ(t) 18. ben ronnynge & blerid þoughe þ(e) ledys ben 19. ou(er) tervid w(t) jnne Take Arment hony and 20. white of an eye evynly & temp(er) hem to ged(er) 21. wel & take fflex & whete it þ(er) jnne & wrynge 22. it & þan bat(er) of þ(e) same aȝen þ(er) on as it were 23. aplast(er) & ley it to þ(e) eyen Also take þ(e) jus of 24. wormode & temp(er) hit w(t) hony & a noynt þ(er) w(t) 25. & helpith meche al man(er) akynge & manye oþ(er)e
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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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240
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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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