Detail View: Medieval Collection: Charms and recipes
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Image Number:
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JRL0911762dc
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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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46r
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Image Sequence Number:
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046r
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Description:
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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.
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Transcription:
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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*]
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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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Charms
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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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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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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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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-13
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Multi Page Number:
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475
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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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