Table 3.

Recipes with Galangal and Zedoary

ManuscriptManuscript DateIf Recipe Was Added, Date of AdditionRecipe TitleGalangalZedoaryOther Newly Recorded IngredientsAdditional Comments
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Ms. Phill. 1790s. IX2-4/4Item ad caucu vel ilio colo et proclusione visiceX
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, cod. 109s. IX3/3s. IXex/s. XinPulvera ad omnia venena resistendaXZedoary is explained (“venium, id est zaduar”); this recipe has a parallel in Paris, BnF, lat. 2373 and Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf 56. 18. Aug. 8°.
Florence, Biblioteca Ricciardiana, MS 256s. IX3/4s. IXex/s. XinSerapion lactuarium quod diatymonXX
Glasgow, University Library, Hunter 96s. VIIIex/s. IXinCollirioX Camphor
Glasgow, University Library, Hunter 96s. VIIIex/s. IXinItem aliam (Ad ilium dolorem)X
Karlsruhe, BLB, Aug. perg. 120s. X2/4Electarium Galieni ad omnem frigiditatem corporisX
Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 199s. X2/4s. XPotio pigmentaria ad omnes infirmitatesXX
Paris, BnF, Lat. 2373s. X3/4s. IX2/2Pulvera ad omnia venena resistendaXZedoary is explained (“venium, id est zaduar”); this recipe has a parallel in Bern, Burgerbibliothek, cod. 109 and Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf 56. 18. Aug. 8°.
Paris BnF lat. 4627s. X2/4(untitled)X
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium diarodes IuliiXXAmbergris, musk
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium quod fecit GalienusX
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium optimumXX
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium diacameronXXMuskThis recipe is similar, but not identical, to “Elactuarium diadecameron” in Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket, C 664.
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium diacalamentisXX
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium dipsniaXX
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium diabutirumX
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium utilissimumX
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium optimum calidumX Confitum
Paris, BnF, lat. 7028s. Xex/s. XIinElactuarium optimum quod utebatur Constantinus filius Constantini imperatoris qui sanctus Silvester baptizavitXXMusk
Paris, BnF, lat 11218s. VIIIex/s. IXins. IXPocio mirabilis contra omnes infirmitatesX
Paris, BnF, lat 11218s. VIIIex/s. IXins. IX/s. X(titled faded)X
Paris, BnF, lat 11219s. IXmids. IXex/s. XPulvera ad epaticosX
Paris, BnF, lat 11219s. IXmids. IXex/s. XPotio ad carbunculumX
Paris, BnF, lat 11219s. IXmids. IXex/s. XAd eos qui urinam facere non possuntX
St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, cod. sang. 217s. IXinAd gutta spargendumXNote: this might look like the same as the other recipe in 217, but it is actually quite different; this one, found in the chapter on “herba austrelogia” (birthwort), reads: “Ad gutta spargendum. Herba austrelocia pulvere facis, bagas similiter, reopontico et gingiber et galengar. Piper et mel quod sufficit. Uno corpore miscis. Cottidie cum cucilare gluciat aut medium staupum bibat. Gutta adspargit, dolores, tollit, aut solucionem facit.”
St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, cod. sang. 217s. IXinAd gutta spargendaXNote: this might look like the same as the other recipe in 217, but it is actually quite different; this one, found in the chapter on “herba pulogonis” (knotgrass), reads: “Ad gutta spargenda. Herba puligonis teris cum vino et piper et galingar. Dabis ei bibere. Gutta adspargit mirificet.”
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, MS A 136876-7s. IX4/4/s. X1/2Potio probatissima ad omnem guttamXX
Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket, C 664s. X3/4s. IXex/s. X1/2Electuarium diadecameronXXMuskThis recipe is similar, but not identical, to “Elactuarium diacameron” in Paris, BnF, Lat. 7028. Note on dating: the quire in which this recipe is found (covering pp. 85-100) represents an addition: it was inserted into the main manuscript and is written in a slightly later hand.
Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket, C 664s. X3/4s. IXex/s. X1/2Antidotum magnificumXXNote on dating: the quire in which this recipe is found (covering pp. 85-100) represents an addition: it was inserted into the main manuscript and is written in a slightly later hand.
Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket, C 664s. X3/4s. IXex/s. X1/2Diamargariton pulvisXXAmbergris, muskNote on dating: the quire in which this recipe is found (covering pp. 85-100) represents an addition: it was inserted into the main manuscript and is written in a slightly later hand.
Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf 56. 18. Aug. 8°s. IXmids. IXmid/s. IX2/2Pulvera ad omnia venenaXThis recipe has a parallel in Bern, Burgerbibliothek, cod. 109 and Paris, BnF, lat. 2373 (this version is more “streamlined” and includes less extra information, such as the explanation of zedoary).
Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, M. p. th. f. 146s. IXins. Xex/s. XIinPulvis contra omnes febres et contra omnia venena et omnium serpentium morsus et contra omnes angustias cordis et corporisXX
Number of recipes2718