Manchester, John Rylands University Library, English MS 404

A medical manuscript containing mostly recipes, some charms, a list of the perilous days, and notes on urines. Also contains a few recipes for making invisible ink.

Date: s. xv

Scribes:

Medieval owners:

Original location or linguistic profile: Kent

Magic Category: charms, medical

charms, protection

talismans

Specific magic texts: Charms for fevers, toothache? or fever again, protection from all evil, to avoid ill fortune (by carrying certain letters with you), overcome enemies (fols. 34r; 35v; 36v; 46r). Folio 36v is much torn and the beginning of the charm is mostly worn away.

Charm motifs: ante portam

Online Information: Manuscript description at the John Rylands library

Digitised: Yes, images are available on LUNA

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