Lanfrank's "Science of cirurgie." / edited from the Bodleian Ashmole ms. 1396 (ab. 1390 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional ms. 12,056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker, DR. PHIL. Part I.--Text.

Lanfranc of Milan

Date:: 1894

Credit: Lanfrank's "Science of cirurgie." / edited from the Bodleian Ashmole ms. 1396 (ab. 1390 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional ms. 12,056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker, DR. PHIL. Part I.--Text. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$more feblcr / For rijt as ))e roimdeles^ of* chose haj) hi him-silf wei of ^yo^chinge & ))e mylk hi wey of suffrynge, so to ])e generacioun of erabriow ma7mes spenne liaj) him^ bi wei of* worchi/zge & wo??imans 4 speniie bi wey of suffrynge / & ri3t^ as ])e ruradelis^ & fe mylk makeu a chese, so bo))e J)e spet’ines of man & wo^nraaw maken generaciouw of embriouw. jJou^ jjat alle J)e smale lymes of a child ben I-geten of* bofe two spennes, nefeles, to clo))e hem wft/i fleisch 8 & wijj fatnes, come]) to hem menstrwe ^blood / pe maris^ of* wo7nman haj) an able complexciouw to conseiuen; & of hir kynde he cast!]) J)e spennes to pe deppest place of hir; & of hir nature he closij) hir mouj), ])at \er my3te not entre the poynt of a nedle / & J)a?nie ])(' 12 foormal vertu which alniy3ty god ha]) 3eue to J)o maris ordeynej) diuidid eue)y partie of* fese spemes in her kynde, til \at J)e child be born / Vndirstonde fat pe fleisch & J)e fatnes is mad of menstrue blood, J)e boones & gristlis, ligamentis & senewis, cordis, arteries, IG veynes, panniclis—\ai bew smale clofis—& pe skyn be]) engendrid of boJ)e ])e spennes, as auicen & o^pere auctouris tellen / If fat ony of fe lymes fat ben engendrid of f e spennes ben doon awey * [he] moun neno’e vodliche be restorid, for fe mater of hem is fe sperme of fe 1 ronudules, nmdiTis. Add. MS. rendehjs, coagulum. See Prompt. Pitri\, p. 429, renlys, or rendhjs. Comp. O. Du. rinsel, runsel. ^ mannes sperme ha\> him, Lat. ita pperma viri se habet. * maris, matrix. fAiul as ren- net curdles milk and the tivo make cheese, 80 does tile seed of man and woman make the Embryo.t sign. *ij [» if. 9. hk.l Tile flesli and tile fat are formed from tile menstrual blood. The Matrix closes itself after liaving conceived. The wliole body is developed in the Matrix (except the llesh and fat) from the seed of the man and woman. Auicca 20 ys more Ifeblere. Ffor ry3t as fe rendelys of chese haf hy7W by Add. MS. weye of worchynge, <fe fe ^lylk be weye off suffrynge, so to fe 12,056. generaciouw of embrion, Diannes sperme® hath hym be weye of worchynge, & wommans sperme® be weye of suffrynge, & ry3t as fe 24 rendles ik fe mylk makyth a® chese, so bofe fe spennes® of maw Sc womnian makyf fe generaciouw of embrion. )?ow3 fat alle fe smale lymes of a childe be y-getew of bofe two spermes,® nafeles to clofe he?w W7t7t fflesch & yvith fatnesse comef to hew menstrewe blod. jpe 28 marys of a womman haf an able complexiouw to conseyvew. Sc of here kynde sche castyth fe spennes to fe deppeste place off here, and of here nature sche closyth hire mouth fat fe?-e my3te nou3t entre fe poynt of an netlle. And ferine fe formal vfHue whiche 32 fat almyghty god haf 3euew to the marys, ordeynef Sc deff[e]ndef every party of fese spennes in here kynde, tyl fat fe childe bew ybore. Understande fat fe flesch Sc fe fatnesse ys y-mad of men- strewe blod, the bonys Sc fe grustlys, ligamentes, synwes, cordcs, 3G Arteries, veynes, pannycles, fat buf smale clofes Sc fe schyn buf engendred of bofe fe spermes, as Avicene & ofere Autores tellyn. 3if fat enye of fe lymes fat buf engendrede off* the spennes be don away, *he may nevere verrelyche bew restoride, ffor fe matere of ® Above line. ® MS. spernes.$