A collection of medical receipts in English, bulk: written between the years 1564 and 1569
A table of contents is prefixed, which states that some of the medicines "were takene owte of dyvers olde Englyshe bookes, and somme by late experyence provyd," 1564.
At fols. 66, 86, are two receipts by Dr. Thomas Thyrlbye; one, "a powder good for the stone, 1565;" the other, "to make Manus Christi of the syrupe of lycoryce."
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within written between the years 1564 and 1569
Extent
86 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 816
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 816.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 12656.
Custodial History
Olim possedit "Thomas Buttus." The "Thomas Buttus," or Butts, who has written his name on each cover of the volume, was probably a son of Dr. William Butts, physician to Henry VIII.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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