Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911705dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 404
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Previous Accession Number:
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R24458
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Medical recipes
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Parent Work Title:
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Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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English Medical Manuscript
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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17v
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Image Sequence Number:
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017v
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Description:
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Medical recipes. Three manicules (hands) with the thumb and first two fingers extended appear at the bottom of the page, pointing up towards the text. Line 9 above fume: 'steme'. Line 19 interlineation above bayes: 'levis'. Lines 26/27 'alysandir' and 'auence' have both had the secretary 'a' changed by a later scribe into a double-looped one. Line 7, left margin: 'also drenke þ(e) jovse of saven to lette' Left margin at bottom: '[**]ynsevis'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
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Transcription:
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1. a plastir þ(er) of & whan it purgith to þ(e) rede fflesshe make 2. salue of roseyeu(~) & fresshe shepis talow & ley þ(er) to til 3. it be hole Also for þ(e) same Take sanicle bugle & 4. herbe robard & stomp(^p)e he(~) & boyle he(~) wel in stale ale 5. & whasshe þ(er) w(t) ofte the sore & ley þ(e) herbis þer on 6. by man(er) of a plastre Also A woman þt shall not 7. conceyve Take þ(e) rot(es) of gladyn & sethe he(~) in wy(~)n 8. or venegre & when it is well sodyn sett it on þ(e) gro- 9. unde & stride she or stonde she þ(er) ou(er) þ(t) þ(e) fume stie 10. vpp in hir so þ(t) þer may non eyre awey but evyn 11. upp bu ief che be not w(t) shild þis medecyn fayled neu(er) 12. A sovereyn medecyn to drawe down flou 13. res & to dissoluyn Take oyle of lylye & a noynt 14. þ(e) prevy place at þ(e) fire wel & ley þ(er) on a cloþ(e) & 15. ley hir on bedde . Also þ(e) steme of frankencens & the 16. pouder of go(^o)tes dounge on A fewe quekke colis 17. vndir an holowȝ stole or A chayre & she sittynge bare 18. & clos Also take more wurte worme wood cama- 19. myll hef heyhof horhonde & bayes & sethe he(~) & make 20. her of a baþ(e) Also take oyle olyfe & stapp it full of lylye 21. floures and lett it stounde vp on þ(e) sonne .ix. days 22. & þen strayne. it þorowe a cloþ(e) & lete it efte stonde 23. to clere oþ .ix. days & þen put it in to an erþyn 24. pott . or in a glas & lete it stonde longe in þ(e) sonne 25. & kepe it for þ(e) same Anoþ(er) ffor þ(e) same Take 26. fenell & wiþ(e) þien levis sotherwode alysandir 27. jsope Camamyll auence & make her of abaþe
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Medicine--History
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Subject:
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Recipes
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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207 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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190
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-05
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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