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Evidence for the Continued Use of Medieval Medical Prescriptions in the Sixteenth
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Connolly M
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2016[Apr]; 60
(2
): 133-54
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This article examines a fifteenth-century remedy book, Oxford, Bodleian Library,
Rawlinson c. 299, and describes its collection of 314 medieval medical
prescriptions. The recipes are organised broadly from head to toe, and often
several remedies are offered for the same complaint. Some individual recipes are
transcribed with modern English translations. The few non-recipe texts are also
noted. The difference between a remedy book and a leechbook is explained, and
this manuscript is situated in relation to other known examples of late medieval
medical anthologies. The particular feature that distinguishes Oxford, Bodleian
Library, Rawlinson c. 299 from other similar volumes is the evidence that it
continued to be used during the sixteenth century. This usage was of two kinds.
Firstly, the London lawyer who owned it not only inscribed his name but annotated
the original recipe collection in various ways, providing finding-aids that made
it much more user-friendly. Secondly, he, and other members of his family, added
another forty-three recipes to the original collection (some examples of these
are also transcribed). These two layers of engagement with the manuscript are
interrogated in detail in order to reveal what ailments may have troubled this
family most, and to judge how much faith they placed in the old remedies
contained in this old book. It is argued that the knowledge preserved in medieval
books enjoyed a longevity that extended beyond the period of the manuscript book,
and that manuscripts were read and valued long after the advent of printing.