COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911752dc
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:
41r
Image Sequence Number:
041r
Description:
Medical recipes. Line 4 the 't' has cancellation dots. % line 24 scribal deletion, unreadable, but possibly the wrong kind of s? Line 11 bird lime is a sticky substance used to catch birds. Marginalia: line 19: cherfeyle, but has 'chervel' written sideways next to it in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. it leg or h harm take the same. 2. Ffor to drawe oute a thorn or a rowe hedys oute of 3. a manys body take þe rote of þe rose & breke it yn a 4. mort(er) w(t) hony tyl hit turn to fatnesse & lay[t] it 5. on a lynen cloth & ley hit to þe wounde. Also take 6. egrymond & þe rote of þe rose of eche ylyche mo[cc]he & 7. breke hem yn a mort(er) & aft(er) take vyrgyn wex & hars 8. grece & þ(an) boile thy[n] erbis & draw hem thorow a 9. cloth. & take then alym ston & make powdyr ther 10. of & cast yn to þe wounde & lay þe plast(er) aboue. 11. ffor prychyng of a thorn. take brydlyme & lay it to 12. þe sore & it shall be holl / anon by þe grace of god. 13. ffenell is hot & drye yn ij deg(es) & it is gode for 14. alman(er) maladyes of thee[r]e & þe fenelseed poudryd 15. & drunkyn is gode for alman(er) venom w yn a manys 16. body also þe jus of þe rote medlyd w(t) hony doth 17. away alman(er) ordur of ee[r]e also it is wondyr 18. gode for þe dropsye. 19. Cherfoyle is hote & drye in ij degr stamp it & 20. te(~)p(er)e it w(t) hony & it is gode for canker yn þe 21. mouth & drynk it w(t) wyn & it shall seese ache 22. of wombe also drynkyt w(t) wyn & it is gode 23. for ache of þe sidys also fry it w(t) oyle & shepystalowe 24. & it is gode for [%] swellyng of lemys þ(t) ys takyn 25. w(t) cold also frye it w(t) wax & barowes grece 26. & þ(t) is gode for alman(er) swellyng yn þe lemys also 27. drynk it w(t) whyte wyne & it is good for 28. the stone.
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:
425
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
