London, GB, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, MS 410

Date:1400

Date Quality:ca

Dimensions:67 cm Length x9.5 cm Width

Type:Med-Alch

Shelfmark:MS 410

Provenance:England

Completion:N

Contents:Scroll containing remedies and charms against diseases, wounds, etc.

Description:At top of scroll are four small holes perhaps for carrying in a pouch. Written on vellum.

Bibliography:Moorat, S.A.J. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. I. MSS. Written before 1650 A.D. London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1962. p. 278.
Skemer, Don C. Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages. Magic in History. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006, p. 160.