Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medical recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911732dc
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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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31r
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Image Sequence Number:
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031r
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Description:
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Medical recipes. Left margin, bottom: possibly 'j(d) worþ(e)'. The word 'tille' on line 30 above could be spelled with a 'y'. Line 13 in right margin: an unidentifiable word, surrounded by punctus. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
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Transcription:
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1 let it (^not) com nere þe fyre for it shalbe wrowt all 2 colde & þan a noynte þ(e) seke wel þ(er) w(t) & jt shal 3 helle þ(e) morfeve white or blake: a n(^o)þ(er) take selondyne 4 & medill it w(t) þ(e) powd(er) of bre(~)stou(~) & do to morfewe colde . 5 /ffor a man þt swettit(h) moche/ Take lynsede and letuys 6 & stampe he(~) to ged(er) & ley it to þi stomoke & vse þ(is) medel 7 ffor þ(e) yelow swot þt men clepe þ(e) jawndis/ T . 8 wormode & seth it wel i(~) wat(er) & washe þ(e) seke þ(er) i(~) 9 two tymys or iij & yeve þe seke to drynke eu(er)y day 10 Also take A li celondyne & q(ua)rtrou(~) of lycoris & j 11 galou(~) wat(er) & shave þ(e) lycoris & bruse it well & 12 put it i(~)to a pote w(t) þ(e) celendyne & let seth fro 13 j galon to j pottill & yeve þe seke. /ffor þ(e) noses þ(t) 14 þ(t) woll haue mylk/ T vervayn & drynke it w(t) 15 wyne or fenell & ete letuse and bottyr . & drynke w(t) 16 wyne fenelsede or take cristall & make þ(er) of powd(er) & 17 drenke it w(t) mylke ffor to make a sou(er)eyne restorittiff/ 18 for a woman þ(t) is co(~)su(~)yd i(n) sekenes & boþ(e) lost his flisshe 19 & co(~)plexcion to resto(ur) he(~) a gyen / Take .ij. li of dat(es) 20 & wassh he clene i(~) ale & þ(en) take ouȝt þ(e) stonys & þ(e) white 21 & stamp he(~) small i(~) a brasyn mort(e)r til þey be towgth 22 as wex/ and þ(an) take a qvart of honny þ(t) is well & 23 clene clarifijd & cast þ(e) dat(es) i(~) to þ(e) hony & ster þ(em) well 24 to geþ(er) till þe dat(es) be dissoluyd a mong þ(e) hone . 25 Then take .ȝ. ß of lang pep(er) & .ȝ. ß of macis & .ȝ. 26 ß of clovys & .ȝ. ß of notmygg(es) all þ(s) mad i(~) sothell 27 powd(er) þ(e) set þ(e) hony w(t) þ(e) dat(es) ou(er) an esy fyr of colis 28 & let he(~) seth & styr it as faste as þ(i) hond my goo & 29 eu(er) as it sethith cast i(~) of thi powd(er) lytill & litil 30 tille þ(u) ast cast i(~) all to ged(er) & eu(er) ster it fast 31 yffe A man tounge grasse sedde for þe blode menesou(~) if he 32 broke it iij dayjs he shall leve if not shal deith .
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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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325
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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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