COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0911762dc
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JRL0911762dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 404
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English MS 404
Reference Number
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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
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
English Medical Manuscript
alternative_parent_work_title
English Medical Manuscript
Alternative Parent Work Title
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Date Created:
15th century
date_created
15th century
Date Created
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Page:
46r
page
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Page
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Image Sequence Number:
046r
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046r
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Household recipes, miscellaneous, and a charm to overcome enemies. Line 2 scribe could have meant 'be' not 'he'. Lines 13-17 are scored through, but are readable. Line 26 'ma*' may have said 'manner'. Three different scribal hands. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
description
Household recipes, miscellaneous, and a charm to overcome enemies. Line 2 scribe could have meant 'be' not 'he'. Lines 13-17 are scored through, but are readable. Line 26 'ma*' may have said 'manner'. Three different scribal hands. The written space is c. 163 x 115 mm and the script is anglicana.
Description
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Transcription:
1. To [wrete] that no man rede hit [tyll] 2. it he holde a gayne the fyre 3. Take a new pen & write w(t) þe juse of a nynon in 4. fayre pap(er) & when it is drye take & hold þ(t) pap(er) a 5. gayn the fyre & it shall a pere fayre lett(er). p(ro)batu(m) (est). 6. To write þ(t) no man rede tyll it be washe. 7. Take poud(er) of gall & temp(er) it w(t) wat(er) in a noyst(er) schell 8. & take a newe pene & write w(t) þ(t) wat(er) temp(er)ed w(t) gall 9. uppon a pap(er) lef & whane it is drye take poud(er) of kop(er)ose 10. & te(m)p(er)e it w(t) fair wat(er) in a clene (ve*)shell or a sp(*o)ine 11. & whash the pap(er) þ(er) in & it shall a pere fayre lett(er) 12. and blak / To make go[me] wat(er) in þe best Man(er) 13. Take fair wat(er) in a clene thinge & [*do] ij sponefull þ(er) of 14. take as moch of go[me] as arabek as þe caruell of a 15. has[e]ll not & let it stonde till 16. To make blake hinke 17. [vncea] gallar[ʒ] medaia fit vucea g[un(~)] C[*]a 18. [it] and you will see the son in a Glasse take a glasse & 19. put it in the wat(er) in a bosyn & [%] ʒe shalt see the 20. son & oþ(er) Elements that doyth pere[eth] that tyme / but 21. the son moste shynne [^opon the watir] p(ro)batu(m) p(er)[*] &c(etera) 22. Take erbe ffluelly & gaþyr it & saye v pat(er) nost(er) & in the 23. worshuppe of onr lord[.is] passyonys and v aueys in the 24. worshuppe of onr ladeis [^.v.] jovys and iij Creddys in the 25. worshuppe of the xij apostolys & þ(an) bere it a bowte the 26. and þ(u) shalte ou(er)e come all þ(y) Eny(~)ys in eny dedde & [ma*]
transcription
1. To [wrete] that no man rede hit [tyll] 2. it he holde a gayne the fyre 3. Take a new pen & write w(t) þe juse of a nynon in 4. fayre pap(er) & when it is drye take & hold þ(t) pap(er) a 5. gayn the fyre & it shall a pere fayre lett(er). p(ro)batu(m) (est). 6. To write þ(t) no man rede tyll it be washe. 7. Take poud(er) of gall & temp(er) it w(t) wat(er) in a noyst(er) schell 8. & take a newe pene & write w(t) þ(t) wat(er) temp(er)ed w(t) gall 9. uppon a pap(er) lef & whane it is drye take poud(er) of kop(er)ose 10. & te(m)p(er)e it w(t) fair wat(er) in a clene (ve*)shell or a sp(*o)ine 11. & whash the pap(er) þ(er) in & it shall a pere fayre lett(er) 12. and blak / To make go[me] wat(er) in þe best Man(er) 13. Take fair wat(er) in a clene thinge & [*do] ij sponefull þ(er) of 14. take as moch of go[me] as arabek as þe caruell of a 15. has[e]ll not & let it stonde till 16. To make blake hinke 17. [vncea] gallar[ʒ] medaia fit vucea g[un(~)] C[*]a 18. [it] and you will see the son in a Glasse take a glasse & 19. put it in the wat(er) in a bosyn & [%] ʒe shalt see the 20. son & oþ(er) Elements that doyth pere[eth] that tyme / but 21. the son moste shynne [^opon the watir] p(ro)batu(m) p(er)[*] &c(etera) 22. Take erbe ffluelly & gaþyr it & saye v pat(er) nost(er) & in the 23. worshuppe of onr lord[.is] passyonys and v aueys in the 24. worshuppe of onr ladeis [^.v.] jovys and iij Creddys in the 25. worshuppe of the xij apostolys & þ(an) bere it a bowte the 26. and þ(u) shalte ou(er)e come all þ(y) Eny(~)ys in eny dedde & [ma*]
Transcription
false
Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Medicine--History
subject
Medicine--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Charms
subject
Charms
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:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false
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:
475
multi_page_number
475
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
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Medieval
Collection Code
false