COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911745dc
Reference Number:
English MS 404
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Charms and recipes
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
37v
Image Sequence Number:
037v
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 6 'harm' (evil). Line 11: 'notte' is written in a different hand as an addendum. Line 13: an r seems to have been inserted here, possibly between the wrong two letters. Line 17 marginalia: an ink drawing of an eye appears in the left margin, and lines 8-9 a faint note may say 'kowgh'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. Dragn(u)ce neddris venen is al oon it is hote & 2. drie this poudr temp(er)e w(t) qwyk lyme & stra[n]g 3. veneg(er) þe third p(ar) ty lyme is ful gode for þe cankr 4. also te(~)p(er)e it w(t) old [w]yn & let þe seke drynke it warm. 5. Dysmalue & holy hocke it is cold & mostyr in ij to degr(es) 6. hit molyfieth hermes & rypyth postumes þe rote þ(er) of 7. soden & stampye w(t) fresh. grece also þe seede þ(er) of is 8. gode & of þe odyr mal[m]e for þe kowgh & for þe chynk 9. soden w(t) fygis & reseyns w(t) sugr yn fayr wat(er) 10. also it is gode for many plastrys to wondys & to 11. brys[u]rys that ben [rakelyd] rancolyd. [notte]. 12. Sy[n]gr[e]n & howseleke it is all [a]n it is cold in iij 13. d[r]eg(es) it is eu(er) more grene his vertu (^is) to kele & to 14. sha[un]ge hote yn to colde. Also it is gode fore bryn- 15. nyng(es) of þe lyu(er)e & hit helyth brennyng(es) þ(t) is made 16. by fyr make an noynment w(t) juse þ(er) of & of oyle 17. roset & of waxe. Also it is gode for sore ʒy[n]e take 18. þe juys w(t) þe white of aney & lay ther to. 19. popy popychase is all oon it is cold & drye in ij 20. deg(es) & þ(er) bene ij man(er) of popy þ(t) on beryth an white 21. flour & þ(t) oþ(er) an rede flour. þe rede beryth white 22. seede & þe white beryth blake seede but þe white 23. seede is þe bett(er) to many medicynis Who so takyth 24. þe sede of popy While it ys grene & stampyth hit & te(~)p(er)e
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:
390
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
