Collection of medical receipts in English and Latin (Leech-Books, IV)

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Early 15th century
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Collection of medical receipts in Middle English and LatinContents1. ff. 1r-7r Medical receipts in Englishf. 1r [For payne in the tothe ?] ... also hot as thow may souffre it to thy cheke at euen. Item. Tak the rote of the rede dokke ... f. 7r [For the ston] ... or tak and drink sed of spurge tempered with wyn or ale.2. ff. 7v-10v Medical receipts in Latinf. 7v [C]ontra cancrum probatissimum experimentum accipe absinthium ... f. 10v [Ad faciendas margaritas] ... et purifica eas et sicut [?] ut margaritas.3. ff. 11r-61r Medical receipts in English and Latinf. 11r Theise ben the veynes to leten onne a man blod. for diuerse eueles. In the arme ben veynes ... f. 15r [For alle newe woundes and to knowe] ... and it schal purge and heole the wounde. f. 15v Ad reuma capitis. R[ecipe] plenam manum ordei ... f. 61r [Ad dolorem wulnerum] ... et parum mellis et farinam tritici et fac emplastrum etc.4. ff. 61v-70r Glossary of herbsf. 61v [A]brothanum ameroyne sothernewode ... f. 70r zynziber [Added] zucaro uel zucura. 5. f. 70v Note 'De virtute rute', followed by a receipt in French 'Por feblesse et maladies des oils'.

Publication/Creation

Early 15th century

Physical description

1 volume
70 [78] folios 4to. 19 x 14 cm. On vellum. 18th century panelled calf binding. The first 8 folios are wanting. The fly-leaf at the beginning is mutilated, margins cropped in binding. There are two main scripts. The first, folios 1-7, 11-61, a semi-current rounded gothic 30-36 lines to a page; the second, folios 7v-10, 61-70, a smaller and less formal hand 35-40 lines to a page. Some capitals, paragraph marks, and underlinings in red. In the lower margin of folio 2r is a small pen-drawing of a face, with red spots (freckles); on folio 12r a drawing of a plate used as a 'Charme of leed good for woundes' (folio 11v). There is an early foliation 9-76, which is incorrect after folio 72. A revised foliation 1-70 has been inserted in pencil at the lower corner of the rectos.

Language note

In Latin, English and French.

Ownership note

Phillipps MS. 4047, with a pencil note by him 'From Tayler' written inside the upper cover. Below this is a pasted-in Ex-libris of George Dunn ( -1912), who has a note in pencil on the fragment of the fly-leaf 'G.D. Sep. 1900'. Sold at Sotheby's (Phillipps Sale) 7/6/1899, Lot 865.

Notes

Anglo-Saxon letter forms in Moorat's catalogue description (such as contraction marks and thorn and yogh symbols) have been replaced with Latin characters.

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