Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes

Image Number:	JRL0911721dc
Reference Number:	English MS 404
Previous Accession Number:	R24458
Link to Catalogue:	UoM online catalogue.
Image Title:	Medical recipes
Parent Work Title:	Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Alternative Parent Work Title:	English Medical Manuscript
Date Created:	15th century
Page:	25v
Image Sequence Number:	025v
Description:	Medical recipes. Written above line 1: 'akyng of raynys . harte birnyng . wormys jn belle . ' Line 13 a later hand has changed the in 'bely' to a . Interlineation 20-21: 'or roste soroll'. Starting line 21 in the right margin: 'jn a doc lef jn þ(e) emb(er)is .' is written vertically. The text from 'ffor' on line 19 to 'leuyȝ' on line 21 is cancelled with an ink line. The recipe on line 21 has a duplicate in Dawson (f 7r). The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is mainly secretary.
Transcription:	1. twyes on þ(e) day whasshyn w(t) stronge wy(~)n or pysse 2. ffor þ(e) fluxe grate white brede & menge harde 3. eyren & þ(e) gratyd bred to ged(er) & put þ(er) to rede onyons 4. smale mynsed & poudir of pep(er) & ete here of .ij. in þ(e) day 5. till þ(u) be hole for herte bernyg ete rewe comyn 6. & Aneys Also vse to Ete pep(er) cornys brused in þ(i) 7. mouþ(e) & þ(t) ys good þ(er) for ffor Akynge & knawynge 8. in þ(e) body Take tansay rewe soþyrwoode & ete 9. it w(t) salt Also take yarowȝ & stampe it and temp(er) it 10. vp w(t) good stale Ale & yeve þ(e) seke to drynke .iij. sponful 11. & aft(er) seþ(e) perlyol ryall & bynd it all hoot to his 12. bely as he may suffre ffor wormys in a manys 13. bely Stampe nepe & temp(er) it w(t) hoot wyn & yeve 14. þ(e) seke to drynke whan he feliþ(e) þ(e) wormys grevyn 15. hym ffor Akynge of þ(e) reynys Stampe lorell 16. le leuys & seþ(e) hem in wyn til iy be as þicke as 17. curdis & aft(er) stampe it and make a plast(er) and ley to 18. þ(e) reynys Also for þ(e) same drynke Centory w(t) Colde 19. wat(er) yf þ(u) wilt be hole ffor to kepe thyn here 20. from fallynge whasshe þin hede w(t) lyȝe þ(t) is 21. made of fyllyn leuyȝ ffor to rype a bocche or A 22. byle seþe otemele in mylke & plast(er) it þ(er) vppon as hoot 23. as he may suffre ffor hym þ(t) may not holde 24. her mete nor drinke for glett Take yarowȝ 25. & comyn & brose he(~) & bo(^y)le hem ou(er) þ(e) fire & þan
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:	270
Image Creation Technique:	Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):	2009-05
Metadata Language:	eng-GB
Collection Code:	Medieval