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291. Harley MS 2378, f 4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, f 4v
Title:
Records of births in the Goodrich family
Scope & Content:
Records of births in the Goodrich family of Bradfield St. Clare, co. Suffolk, 1579-1608.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1579-1608
Extent:
1 folio.

292. Harley MS 2378, f 6v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, f 6v
Title:
Four medical recipes 'For þe ston'
Scope & Content:
Four medical recipes entitled 'For þe ston', incipit: 'Take bryssyd comyn and camamylle mugwyd and malowes stamp togedyr / and sethe'. Partly listed in E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 20...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folios.

293. Harley MS 2378, f 120v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, f 120v
Title:
De gradibus, excerpt
Scope & Content:
De gradibus, excerpt; incipit: 'Alkynkyngis frigida est in 3o gradu at valet contra fe/brem acutam'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

294. Harley MS 2378, ff 1r-3r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 1r-3r
Title:
Index of words and list of contents
Scope & Content:
Index of words and list of contents added by the owner of the manuscript John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century-before 1722
Extent:
3 folios.

295. Harley MS 2378, ff 5r-6r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 5r-6r
Title:
Three medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Three medical recipes and recipes for dyes, pigments and clothworking. Title (f. 5r) 'A reseyte for blac threde Title (f. 5r) 'Metheglentyne', incipit: 'Take þe rote of fenel pesel wit þe rote tansey wit þe rote / elencampana'; title (f. 5v) 'Pro guta', incipit: 'Recipe manipulum 1. de herba ben...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

296. Harley MS 2378, ff 7r-11r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 7r-11r
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Astrologia medicorum
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Astrologia medicorum in the Middle English translation, also known as Astrologia Ypocratis, an astrological text relating to medicine and prognostication. Prologue title 'Thys his þe boke of ypocras', incipit: 'In þis book he techyt / for to knowe be planete. seknesse. lyf. a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

5 folios.

297. Harley MS 2378, ff 11r-11v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 11r-11v
Title:
Text relating to apostemes
Scope & Content:
Text relating to apostemes, or abscesses. Rubric 'Ffor to knowe of alle manere soris wythin and / wythowte of what complexion þerbe knowe/yis rewle', incipit: 'If yow se a sore or aposteme / þat is wythowte and wat party þat it be / (f. 11v) on þe body', explicit: 'for all maner surgerye of apost...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

298. Harley MS 2378, ff 12r-14r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 12r-14r
Title:
Text on seven herbs and seven planets
Scope & Content:
Text on seven herbs and seven planets. The text describes the therapeutic properties of the seven planets. In the manuscript tradition it was ascribed to Alexius Affricus, Flaccus Africanus or to the tradition of the Liber Kyranidarum Kyrani. Incipit 'Solsequium herba est omnibus nota collige er...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

3 folios.

299. Harley MS 2378, ff 14v-16v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 14v-16v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 9 recipes). Two recipes (f. 14v), rubric 'Ffor þe gowte', incipit: 'Take ij galons of vryne þt is i monthe held and / sethe it and claryfy it' (two recipes); eight recipes (ff. 14v-15v) one of which for aqua vita, rubric 'Pro collyca passione', incipit: 'Take halfe 1 pownd co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
3 folios.

300. Harley MS 2378, ff 17r-61v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 17r-61v
Title:
Nicholas Spalding (?), Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Nicholas Spalding (?), Medical recipes (c. 250 recipes), imperfect. This collection was apparently put together by Nicholas Spaldyng or Spalding. Title 'For to make pelots of antioche', incipit: 'Take croppes of the rede / coole of the rede netle tansey hemp and of sparge', expl. 'ley it on þe pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

35 folios.