COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911736dc
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:
33r
Image Sequence Number:
033r
Description:
Medical recipes. The bottom line, 22, is torn away. Line 13: could say 'penys' (pennies) Note three points (...) line 21. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. yeffe a man woman oþ chyldde h[aue] 2. [comen] secnes tokeys markys: yeffe þe[*] 3. to dreynge | ala[m]e [m]ade to powdyr 4. tak ala[me] betyn to powd(er) good alle & 5. mylke & make a posset well clarifi[*] 6. and yeff the seke le[*] the alle posset 7. clere blode warm iij or iiij tymys 8. w(t) þe gras[*]e of god & good p(r)aris it sh[*]ll 9. helle: [Pro] batu(~) efte sic dicit 10. ffor to stry[c]e wertis ou(er) ma[ns] or w[o] ma (~) s 11. or ch[i]lde þ(t) same seyde p(er)sou(~)þ(t) hath þem 12. let hym sett þem good ch[e]ppe o[r]derr for 13. po[o][n]tt[e] o[þ(er)] iij [p] [enys] [þ(is)] will be go[d] w[t] y[n] 14. iij dayjs aft(er) p(ro)bat[um es]t: 15. ffor to helle scoldde (or) bornyng) yn greue man [*] 16. Take alle hove venelrot(es) Malovrot(es) & 17. bros[t]e þe(~) to geddir & seth all till þey 18. be softe jn [m]ayj bott(er) or fresche bott(er) þa(~) 19. box it þan (^[fit]) it [w***] steffe as bott(er) þan take 20. ha[þ] or couneplexe wete w(t) þe salue & [*] 21. a plast(er) þ(er) of le(^ve) to (^) sor(e) . .. good helaþ p(ro)bat[*] 22. howe echon [***]
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:
345
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
