COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911762dc
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:
46r
Image Sequence Number:
046r
Description:
Household recipes, miscellaneous, and a charm to overcome enemies. Line 2 scribe could have meant 'be' not 'he'. Lines 13-17 are scored through, but are readable. Line 26 'ma*' may have said 'manner'. Three different scribal hands. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Transcription:
1. To [wrete] that no man rede hit [tyll] 2. it he holde a gayne the fyre 3. Take a new pen & write w(t) þe juse of a nynon in 4. fayre pap(er) & when it is drye take & hold þ(t) pap(er) a 5. gayn the fyre & it shall a pere fayre lett(er). p(ro)batu(m) (est). 6. To write þ(t) no man rede tyll it be washe. 7. Take poud(er) of gall & temp(er) it w(t) wat(er) in a noyst(er) schell 8. & take a newe pene & write w(t) þ(t) wat(er) temp(er)ed w(t) gall 9. uppon a pap(er) lef & whane it is drye take poud(er) of kop(er)ose 10. & te(m)p(er)e it w(t) fair wat(er) in a clene (ve*)shell or a sp(*o)ine 11. & whash the pap(er) þ(er) in & it shall a pere fayre lett(er) 12. and blak / To make go[me] wat(er) in þe best Man(er) 13. Take fair wat(er) in a clene thinge & [*do] ij sponefull þ(er) of 14. take as moch of go[me] as arabek as þe caruell of a 15. has[e]ll not & let it stonde till 16. To make blake hinke 17. [vncea] gallar[ʒ] medaia fit vucea g[un(~)] C[*]a 18. [it] and you will see the son in a Glasse take a glasse & 19. put it in the wat(er) in a bosyn & [%] ʒe shalt see the 20. son & oþ(er) Elements that doyth pere[eth] that tyme / but 21. the son moste shynne [^opon the watir] p(ro)batu(m) p(er)[*] &c(etera) 22. Take erbe ffluelly & gaþyr it & saye v pat(er) nost(er) & in the 23. worshuppe of onr lord[.is] passyonys and v aueys in the 24. worshuppe of onr ladeis [^.v.] jovys and iij Creddys in the 25. worshuppe of the xij apostolys & þ(an) bere it a bowte the 26. and þ(u) shalte ou(er)e come all þ(y) Eny(~)ys in eny dedde & [ma*]
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:
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:
475
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
