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MS. Wood empt. 25

Summary Catalogue no.: 8613

Contents

1. (fol. iii)
The Stations of Rome (12 lines)
Incipit: Who so wylle be hys soules leche
DIMEV 1909
Language(s): Middle English
2. (fol. 1)
Plague tract
Incipit: Whan pestilence regneyth
Language(s): English
3.
Herbal
Incipit: Galanga est sicca et calida et est radix valde bona

Some vernacular names of plants have been added in a slightly later hand (fol. 17)

Language(s): Latin and Middle English
4. (fol. 35v)
Notes on the treatment of fevers
Language(s): Middle English and Latin (?)
5. (fol. 2v)
Recipes
Language(s): Middle English
6. (fol. 8)
Description of months with foods proper for each
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 75 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 3.8 × 2.8 in.

Condition

The first leaf has been cut out

History

Origin: 15th century, late ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Fol. 111v has 'Thomas Abreg' and 'William Adam' (c. 1500?)

Anthony à Wood

Bought by the library in 1690

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1205

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)