COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911751dc
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:
40v
Image Sequence Number:
040v
Description:
Medical recipes. Marginalia line 12: 'pekocys donge.' Line 18 in margin: 'eche' and line 24 'knet [*]onys'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. Odyr seth the handystonge & þe docke in ale & drynk hit a[u]id[u]e 2. hote amorow cold. 3. ffor to draw oute a broke bone oute of a wounde take wod- 4. bynde & stamp it & lay it on þe wound & hit drawyth wond(er)lych. 5. ffor ache yn a manys wryst(es) or yn ys armys or yn his 6. shynnys take mogwort & stamp hit w(t) old swynys 7. grece & do aysel þ(er) to & bynd it to þe sore. a[u]odyr take 8. wormode & seth yt oyle of olyue or lyn seede & wryng 9. thurgh an cloth & do hit in boxis & anoynt þe þ(er) w(t) 10. & hit shall do a way þe ache. Anodyr take mal[u]es & 11. stamp hem w(t) old grece & do hit þ(er) to & hit shall 12. dryue oute þe ache. An nod þ(er) take pekokys doung & 13. eysell & a lytyll of hony & meng þ(er) w(t) & lay þ(er) to. 14. ffor wrechyng of a mannys fote be wroght al thees medycyns 15. ben gode for se[n]owys & for whrynchys aft(er) þe fote or þe 16. honde be drawen & seet yn ryght stede. 17. ffor ache yn þe knees or bollyng take rowe & louage 18. & do þ(er) to hony do it to thy [euel] & yt shal do a way 19. þe ache & þe fallyng. Anoþ(er) for knees þ(t) been to swellen 20. herd & akyn take rewe & stampe hit w(t) salt & w(t) hony 21. & þ(er) of make an plast(er) & lay it oft þ(er) to hit shal be 22. hole. also for swellyng þ(t) is hurt take puche wex 23. & grece & meng hem to ged(er) & hele it þ(er) ou(er). 24. ffor to knyt bones take þe rots of þe rede dockes & stampyt & 25. aft(er) warde drynkyt w(t) hold ale or w(t) wyn & it shal knytte 26. & yif þe be mysset gyf hym oft þe same drynk & it 27. shall vn knyt yf woldyst knyt it ayen 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:
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.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
420
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
