COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0911749dc
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JRL0911749dc
Image Number
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Reference Number:
English MS 404
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English MS 404
Reference Number
false
Previous Accession Number:
R24458
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Charms and recipes
image_title
Charms and recipes
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
parent_work_title
Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
alternative_parent_work_title
English Medical Manuscript
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
15th century
date_created
15th century
Date Created
false
Page:
39v
page
39v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
039v
image_sequence_number
039v
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Medical recipes. Line 14: 'hete' = 'heat' or (more probably) ='eat' Line 2: omission of article . Marginalia: Line 7 in the left margin 'letuse' is written next to 'letuse' and know' on line 20. Each new recipe is marked by a symbol in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
description
Medical recipes. Line 14: 'hete' = 'heat' or (more probably) ='eat' Line 2: omission of article . Marginalia: Line 7 in the left margin 'letuse' is written next to 'letuse' and know' on line 20. Each new recipe is marked by a symbol in the left margin. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Description
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Transcription:
1. help a woman to conseve lyghtly and to all 2. these causys & many moo ys þe jus of leekys gode 3. & namely for þe kogh leekys etyn w(t) wyn or 4. drunkyn wol make hard wombe & þe jus of 5. lekys & slat wol clense a new wounde anon. 6. ffor drynk(s) that beth venemouse the seede & 7. letuse [on] wat(er) fastyng dryng oþ(er) ete or drynk. 8. ffor lechery/. take reue (reve) & ete it oþ(er) drynk it shall 9. avoyde. 10. ffor rankle w(t) yn mannys body . take þe pru[n]droye 11. & te(~)p(er)e it w(t) ayle & yif hym to drynke & he shal 12. be hole. 13. ffor akyng of wombe take tans(a)y & soþ(er)wode 14. & whyte salt hete it & it wol away. 15. ffor þe nose þ(t) semyth leprus take qwyksylu(er) 16. & grece of an bore & blac pep(er) & stour þ(t) is y cle- 17. pyd recheles & poun hem to gedyr & þ(er) w(t) 18. noynte thy nose þ(er) w(t) & iij days kepe þe from 19. the wyn & þ(an) shall be hole. 20. ffor to knaw amesell cast salt on hys blode & it 21. wol fal to gronde. 22. ffor goute hote oþ(er) cold take mannys pysse & kepe 23. it yn a boll viij dayes fort it be wel yrotyd 24. & seth it yn half myddyl or mor & wryng 25. it thurgh a cloth & aft(er) nym as mych jus 26. rewe & as m[o]cch of nettyll & do hem to ged(er)
transcription
1. help a woman to conseve lyghtly and to all 2. these causys & many moo ys þe jus of leekys gode 3. & namely for þe kogh leekys etyn w(t) wyn or 4. drunkyn wol make hard wombe & þe jus of 5. lekys & slat wol clense a new wounde anon. 6. ffor drynk(s) that beth venemouse the seede & 7. letuse [on] wat(er) fastyng dryng oþ(er) ete or drynk. 8. ffor lechery/. take reue (reve) & ete it oþ(er) drynk it shall 9. avoyde. 10. ffor rankle w(t) yn mannys body . take þe pru[n]droye 11. & te(~)p(er)e it w(t) ayle & yif hym to drynke & he shal 12. be hole. 13. ffor akyng of wombe take tans(a)y & soþ(er)wode 14. & whyte salt hete it & it wol away. 15. ffor þe nose þ(t) semyth leprus take qwyksylu(er) 16. & grece of an bore & blac pep(er) & stour þ(t) is y cle- 17. pyd recheles & poun hem to gedyr & þ(er) w(t) 18. noynte thy nose þ(er) w(t) & iij days kepe þe from 19. the wyn & þ(an) shall be hole. 20. ffor to knaw amesell cast salt on hys blode & it 21. wol fal to gronde. 22. ffor goute hote oþ(er) cold take mannys pysse & kepe 23. it yn a boll viij dayes fort it be wel yrotyd 24. & seth it yn half myddyl or mor & wryng 25. it thurgh a cloth & aft(er) nym as mych jus 26. rewe & as m[o]cch of nettyll & do hem to ged(er)
Transcription
false
Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Medicine--History
subject
Medicine--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Recipes
subject
Recipes
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
time_period_covered
1200 - 1500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
207 mm
item_height
207 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
140 mm
item_width
140 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
provenance
Acquired by the John Rylands Library as part of Mrs Rylands's bequest; accessioned in September 1928.
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___work
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
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.
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.
References
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.49.
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-13
Multi Page Number:
410
multi_page_number
410
Multi Page Number
false
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
collection_code
Medieval
Collection Code
false