COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911720dc
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:
25r
Image Sequence Number:
025r
Description:
Medical recipes. Written in the top margin: 'to stavnche blode of þ(e) mast(er) vay(~)ne .' Line 9: 'hot' is written over 'askys'. Line 21 interlineation with a carat: 'or þe blod o yonge catte'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:
1. þ(e) poudir of mastike medyd w(t) venegre & ale 2. & anoynt veynys þ(t) clepe þ(e) pouwe boþ(e) of þ(e) 3. hede & of þ(e) honde & of þ(e) fete & he shal slepe 4. w(t) out any doute To stanche blood whann 5. a mastyr vayn ys Cut & wall nat glad- 6. ly be stanichyd yfa wounde largee 7. Take a pece of salte byff þ(e) lene but not þ(e) 8. fat þ(t) þ(u) hopist will in to þ(e) wounde & ley it 9. in askys in þ(e) fire & lete it roste till it be 10. þo(ur) hoot & al hote þrist it in to þ(e) wounde 11. & bynde it fast & it shal stanche anon ffor 12. a man þ(t) hathe receyvyd venym Take 13. grene rew & whasshe it & te(~)p(er) it w(t) wy(~)n & yeve 14. hy(~) to drinke & he shal be hole ffor pykillys in þ(e) 15. face Take þ(e) gall of a Cokke & mele of Cokll of 16. iche aliche meche & medill he(~) to ged(er) & bynde it to þ(e) 17. face at nyȝt Also take celondyne & mugwort & sta(~)pe 18. he(~) & drinke he(~) w(t) wy(~)n or wat(er) ffor þe Saussleme 19. Take sauge & swynys gres & whan þ(u) gost to 20. bede a noynt þi face & an þ(e) morow wipe it a way 21. w(t) a cloþe ffor þ(e) synglis Take (^) þ(e) jus of mynt(es) 22. & a noynt hem ffor to drye a Cankr Brenne 23. hertis horne & ege shellys & make poudyr of hem 24. & cast it on þ(e) cankyr & it shal dryȝe it so it be
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:
265
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
