brymston
England
15th Century
Source: Bower, Hannah. Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375–1500. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
baroweys grece, flathys, brymston
Preparation Steps
Take the fayrest baroweys grece at ʒe can gete and newyst slayne of the flathys an boyle hit fayre and white // than take e fayryst and e whytest brymston at ʒe can gete (p. 135).
Original Recipe Text
Take the fayrest baroweys grece at ʒe can gete and newyst slayne of the flathys an boyle hit fayre and white // than take e fayryst and e whytest brymston at ʒe can gete (p. 135).
Evidence
"than take e fayryst and e whytest brymston at ʒe can gete"
Remarks
The recipe for 'saucefleume' (a skin affliction) emphasizes the purity and aesthetic quality of the sulphur ('brymston'), requiring the 'whytest' variety (p. 135). The author notes that this medical demand for whiteness reflects broader cultural and aesthetic ideals of beauty and decorum in the Middle Ages (p. 136). The recipe is part of a short collection of medical texts and charms in MS Ee.1.15.
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionS
Analytical Techniques
textual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Binderbaroweys grece
Colorwhytest
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorBower, Hannah. Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375–1500. Oxford University Press, 2022.
CollectionCUL, MS Ee.1.15, f. 15r
Language
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