rubrication
England
15th Century
Source: Bahr, Arthur, and Alexandra Gillespie. 'Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play.' In The Idea of the Remedy Collection, 108-127.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"The showy, often rubricated first-person references to successful cures certainly imply that the manuscript was meant to be seen by others."
Remarks
The manuscript contains a medical treatise where the first-person voice ('I') claims to have proved cures. These references are 'often rubricated', suggesting they were meant to stand out for a reader or audience (p. 114). The manuscript organization includes running titles and a table of contents, weight to the speculation it was used in a professional context (p. 115).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
codicological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorRed
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorBahr, Arthur, and Alexandra Gillespie. 'Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play.' In The Idea of the Remedy Collection, 108-127.
CollectionOxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1443
Language
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