Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.7795

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  • Other Form of the Shelfmark :
    • London. Wellcome Collection, MS.7795
    • London. Wellcome Library, MS.7795
    • Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.7795
    • Wellcome Library, MS.7795
  • Held at : Londres. Wellcome Library
  • Date of Origin :
    • 15th century
  • Composition :
    • 1 volume; Single leaf, unicorn watermark; 185mm x 260mm.

Former owner

Formerly part of

Notes

Data Source: Wellcome Collection - Online Collections

  • Recipes and notes, on a single leaf apparently torn from a book. recto: numbers and names of medicinal ingredients, with two long recipes (to clear the sight and for dropsy). verso: various remedies: "for the olde cough", "for scruff of the hed", etc. The hand varies from entry to entry; it is not apparent whether the recipes are compiled by several individuals or by one person making entries in the book at different times.
  • Ownership inscription inside front fly leaf: "Miss Lizzie M Jon[es?]".
  • Purchased from J.L.M. Gulley, London, August 1999.

Bibliography

  • Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

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