Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911722dc
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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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26r
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Image Sequence Number:
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026r
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Description:
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Medical recipes. Line 2: 'gvldis' is written above 'galdis'. Line 3 'lekys' is underlined/bracketed and interlinearly is written above: 'be hot & co(~)fortith flavire'. (above line 1) is written: 'for a ro[i]s[i]el breth þ(t) co(~)yth of sto(~)ocke'. On line 12 'hare herbe' is written above 'an hare foote'. Line 23 is the start of a different scribal hand from that of ff4-26; one noticable difference is the underlining of titles. 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. drinke it warme ffor to make a woman 2. to levyn hir lyccherye yeve hyr galdis 3. to hir met(es) & in hir drinkys Also lekys etyn 4. rew voydyn drounkynnesse & lichery ffor 5. stynkynge breþ(e) þ(t) comyþ(e) of þ(e) stomake 6. Take ij handeful of comyn an bete it in a 7. morter to poud(er) & seþ(e) it in wy(~)n from a potell 8. to a quarte & lete þ(e) seke drynke þ(er) of furst & 9. last as hoot as he may goodely suffre & he 10. shall be hole w(t) in .xv. dayes & yche day drynke 11. ffor to sese þ(e) flowres of wymen yf it 12. be nede Take an hare foote an bre(~)ne it to 13. poudir & let hyr drynke of þ(t) poud(er) w(t) stale alee 14. furste & laste ffo thurste Take þ(e) seed of loue- 15. ache & stampe it & te(~)p(er) it w(t) wat(er) & drinke it 16. ffor the pilis Take an hepe rote & kytte partte 17. of hy(~)m & lay to the pilis & it will be holle w(t) þ(e) grasse 18. of god this pilis growith in A mannys fowndement 19. leke teth . p(ro)batu(~) e(st) : ffor to strye wert(es) :/ Take 20. brymstone & laye A lytyll peesse v vppon þ(e) werte 21. & borne þ(e) brymston it / w(t) a ryshe candyll or A straye 22. & he shall bodde w(t) in vij dayis . p(ro)batu(~) . e(st) . /. / 23. /ffor the Colic/ Take vnfetleke & the mare of an oxce 24. mareboune & specially the shene boune and make potage 25. hereof & ette it otte and so contenewe this potage 26. & it make olle /p(ro)batu(~) este
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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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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
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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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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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275
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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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