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361. Harley MS 2320, ff 52r-70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, ff 52r-70v
Title:
Directions for braiding
Scope & Content:
Directions for braiding; listed in L. 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, 2006), no. 2947.00.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
19 folios.

362. Harley MS 2320, ff 73v-74r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, ff 73v-74r
Title:
Medical recipes for mothers
Scope & Content:
Two medical recipes for mothers (f. 74r). Title 'A medecyn for the moder', incipit: 'Take grene ferne that growing / in the feylde'; title 'Anodyr for the same', incipit: 'Take the levys of / an elme'. A 17th-century hand produced another copy of the recipes on the facing page (f. 73v). Also i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
Late 15th century-17th century
Extent:
2 folios.

363. Harley MS 2332

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2332
Title:
Illustrated almanac
Scope & Content:
A small illustrated almanac produced during the time of Henry IV (r. 1399-1413). The manuscript includes: Calendar (ff. 1v-13r); Table of dominical letters (ff. 13v-14r); Solar eclipse diagrams from 1411 to 1479 (ff. 14v-15r); Lunar eclipse diagrams from 1406 to 1481 (ff. 15v-17r); Zodia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1411-1412
Extent:

1 volume

364. Harley MS 2378

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378
Title:
Miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes. It was probably assembled by Nicholas Spalding, its 15th-century owner (his ex-libris on f. 135v and his name on ff. 5r and 61v). The two larger collections of medical recipes in the book (ff. 17r-61v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1722
Extent:
1 volume

365. 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.

366. 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.

367. 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.

368. 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.

369. 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.

370. 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.

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