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Royal MS 17 B XLVIII

Record Id:

040-002107337

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002105724

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x0001e1

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Royal MS 17 B XLVIII

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Scope & Content:

MEDICAL RECIPES, charms, &c., viz.

1. The virtues of divers herbs, which be hot and which be cold, &c.; cf. 17 A. XXXII, art. 2. The contents, however, are not identical. Imperfect. Beg. in the chapter on the poppy and ends with that on the lily, 'for to do awey frekenesse on a mannes vysage '. f. 2.

2. Virtues of the onion, garlic, and penny-royal. Beg. 'Here buth þe vertues of the oynoun'. f. 11.

3. Miscellaneous recipes and charms including:-(a) 'Tretyse to make waters'. f. 13 ;-(b) 'Medycynes for þe stomak'. f. 13 b;-(c) ' For yueles in mannes ey[]e'. f. 15 b;-(d) 'For men þat mowe no[]t ihere'. f. 17 b;-

(e) 'For totheache '. f. 19;- (f) ' For to stache blod with charms in Engl., Fr., and Lat., one mentioning how 'Longius and Schalpetoun (Longinus and Stephaton) slowe oure Lord'. f. 20 b;-(g) 'For þe mygrayne'. f. 21 b. Colophon, 'Amen quod I. ff. [] qui scripsit hoc (sic) librum apud Croydon'.

At the end are several recipes in a curious illiterate English, perhaps that of a foreigner. Beg. 'Tanseie es ghot wor wormis' Tac tanseie and collebem and triakelle and medelt met sucte licker'. f. 22.

Artt. 1-3 are on vellum; art. 4 on paper.

4. Miscellaneous recipes. Beg. 'For alle maner of heedwerk. Take rewe, betayne and werwayne' ; ends 'for þis is þe kynde worchynge of nervale'. f. 23.

On the fly-leaf (f. 1) is a diagram or amulet against lightning. Another circular diagram on the same page and a table on f. 1 b with the verses 'Fert ca dux cor amans', &c. (cf. 8 C. IV, f. 36) are apparently connected with the solar and lunar cycles. Vellum and paper; ff. 27. 8 in. x 51/4 in. First half of XV cent. Gatherings, artt. 1-3, i^l2, ii¹⁰; art. 4, i⁵. Initials in red and blue. Attached to f. 1 is a scrap with the name Rychard Hakem. On f. 2 is the Theyer monogram. Bound with 17 B. XLIX, L. Not recognizable in the old catalogues.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Royal Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002105724
040-002107337

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Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts

Royal MS 17 B XLVIII : MEDICAL RECIPES, charms, &c., viz.1. The virtues of divers herbs, which be hot and which be cold, &c.; cf. 17…

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032-002105724[1498]/040-002107337

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View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X

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File

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1449

Date Range:

1st half of the 15th century

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