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Plague -- Treatment -- Early works to 1800

 Subject

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Recipes and charms against the Plague, 15th century [?]

 Part
Identifier: MS 175/ff. 183r-190r
Contents

The final folios of MS 175 contain notes and recipes to drive away plague. f. 183r is mainly a list of supplies/ingredients, for instance Rhubarbarum. Ff. 184v-185r and ff. 187r-191v also contain recipes and charms.



Writing

F. 183r is by a fourth hand, ff. 184-5are by a different, fifth hand, and the final folios are by another hand.

Dates: 15th century [?]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including medical texts and recipes