Detail View: Medieval Collection: Charms and recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911742dc
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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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Charms and 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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36r
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Image Sequence Number:
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036r
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Description:
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Seven medical recipes. Line 1 is mostly torn or eaten away, and a repair has been made between lines 9-13. The right margin of the whole folio is torn away, so many lines end short. Line 2 prob 'trickle' not a 'b' as Lester says. $ = doodles of flowers etc after text on line 3. Line 15 doodle or initials. Lines 15 and 23, 'probatum est'. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
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Transcription:
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1. undyr þe tounge and when 2. or þe sede þer of and tryakull and dryn[*] 3. shall be holle [$] 4. ffor þe brynnyng 5. ffor man or wo[o]man and chylde þ(t) hutl huyth any sore 6. lette hy(~)m take aquantyte of oyle oll[u]f and as moche of [*] 7. and pute hem to gedyr in to a wessell and lete þem te [*] 8. þey congyle Jn on and waxe vty[nm]ent [*][*]en a[n] 9. w(t) [&] all i(~) it shall make þe sore he[l]e 10. Ad(r)ynke ffor þe hede [*rke] 11. Thake betenye v(er)[m]tyne and wall[*] [*]rte and [*]er cor 12. and [benys] sethe (^þem) jn watt(er) and drynke it ffastynge 13. ffor þe stone 14. Thake of blode of ukyde w(t) whyte [*]oue [*]ake w[arm]e [*] 15. shall breke the stone. p(ro)b [££] 16. Ano[d] for c[l]ensyng(es) of þe hed 17. Thake þe rotte of pelleter and chew it iij dayes an[d] 18. spurge & [þ]y hide and for do þe ache and [sesten] þe[ll] 19. for to do here grow & wexe 20. Thake and make lye of hau(er)stra[n]e askys and washe thy hed 21. for [a]we[bb]e [y]n a mans yee 22. Thake whyte wyne wat(er) & hony portyonly medell hem to gedyr 23. and þe drop it in hys yee & it shall breke þe webbe p(ro)b
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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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375
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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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