COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911739dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Charms and recipes
Alternative Image Title:
Dies mali et boni
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
34v
Image Sequence Number:
034v
Description:
Also known as an astrological text in Middle English. On the 'dies mali' (unlucky days of the medieval calendar) and days not to let blood. Several of the lines have rudimentary crosses at the end, and line 10 has an infinity sign drawing at the end. Ends of lines 19-20, and 21-22 are joined by an ink line. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. [*] [*]e[n]y[t]e [þe] john e[w][n][g] 2. [*]he Jhu cryst for outrage of 3. blode [þ*] [*] [shall] not late þe blode þe fyrste daye ne þe iij(e) 4. daye be þe v(e) daye bot þe vj(e) daye of eche monethe is good 5. and not þe vij(e) daye ne þe xij daye ne þe vvj(e) daye ne þe xvij(e) 6. [h]e þe xxij(e) ne xxiij(e) ne xxiiij(e) ne xxv(e) and þe xxvj(e) daye 7. of eche menethe who þ(t) lateth hym blode foure monethes after 8. he shall haue no fe[u][r]e and witte ye well þ(t) þis rule ys 9. serteyne be eche moneth marstyrd þ(t) made þis vij artes fo[n]de 10. þe dolorouse dayes and þe moste p(er)illous of þe ʒere 11. Jt is to wytte þ(t) þer ben xxxij(t) dayes in þe ʒere. And who 12. þ(t) in ony of þo dayes falle in sekenes. he shall neu(er) receuere 13. And. who þ(t) is borne in any of þis dayes he shall not lyffe 14. longe or who þ(t) taketh any grete jurnayes in ony of þo dayes 15. he shall neu(er) com ageyne and who þ(t) ys wedded in any of 16. þo dayes þey shall sone be dep(ar)tyd or ell(es) lyffe to gedyr 17. jn grete A[ng]gur. or who þ(t) be gyneth ony greet worke 18. jt shall neu(er) com to good ende 19. [A]nd of þes xxxij (t) dayes þer ben in Janevere vij 20. dayes þe fyrste þe ij(e) iiij(e) þe v(e) þe x(e) þe xvj(e) þe xviij(e) 21. Jn feuerell iij(e) dayes þe vij(e) þe viij(e) and þe xviij(e) 22. Marche haue iiij dayes þe vj þe vij þe viij & þe xv 23. Auerell haue ij dayes þe vj and þe [xj] 24. Maye hath iij dayes þe vj þe v[v] and þe xviij(e) 25. Joyn hath J daye the vij(e) 26. Julye hath ij dayes þe xv & þe xix(e) 27. auguste hath ij dayes þe viiþ & þe xix(e)
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Medicine--History
Subject:
Charms
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:
360
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Charms and recipes
