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r/Folio16r - henepsed
henepsed
I looked it up on google and below describes a medicinal salve from cannabis.
r/Folio16r - henep sed
henep sed
Folio 16r – Complete Decoded Text (Middle English → Modern English)
Line 1
EVA: pocheody qopchey sykaiin opchy dor ychy daiin dy chor orom
Middle English: pot þe bodi cuppe in a thick chope pes eye in þe þe chore more
Modern English: "Put the body [mixture] in a cup, in a thick chop peas, in the center of the work more."
Line 2
EVA: ychykchy otly kol Shor ody otody qoy oeesordy
Middle English: þick þe hotly oil soþ þe o to þe o þou henep sed
Modern English: "Make it thick, heat it with oil, truly the oil to the oil, thou hemp seed."
Line 3
EVA: ydor Sheal okchy qoy koiin choky ykair
Middle English: soþe þ ale chope þou in oil thick saith I
Modern English: "Truly chop the ale, thou, in thick oil, says I."
Line 4
EVA: dainod ychealod
Middle English: honey e þe coal e
Modern English: "Honey and the coal."
Line 5
EVA: tchor chor chs ykch ShocThy opchy ty ky
Middle English: torche chore he ich shoþ þe chop þt þi
Modern English: "Torch the work, he I soothe it, chop that thy [mixture]."
Line 6
EVA: oShaiin dyky oeees deeeod aiin dtoaiin
Middle English: oþer a in þiþe oþer ees deed nail do þe a in
Modern English: "Another one in, tithe, more easily, perform the deed nail, do the action in."
Line 7
EVA: daiin dalchy dyky schy saiin doal qoky
Middle English: in þe place þiþe sich say in ale þou
Modern English: "In the place, tithe such as, say in ale, thou."
Line 8
EVA: Shotchy ydain yky Shody otol daiin
Middle English: þ chopt in þe þiþ þe o to ol in þe
Modern English: "The chopped [mixture] in the tithe, add the oil to oil in the [mixture]."
Line 9
EVA: saiin ytaiin
Middle English: a in þe paint
Modern English: "An ingredient in the paint/coating."
Line 10
EVA: toror dalydal opchy fchol ypchocFy okal
Middle English: soots all þe ale chop flock up chop þe a oil
Modern English: "Add soots, all the ale, chop the flock, chop thoroughly, add oil."
Line 11
EVA: sokchy qokol chotyokchy cThy chy kchy
Middle English: soche quyk oil chop þe thick wiþ þe che ich
Modern English: "Such quick oil, chop the thick with the thing, I [do]."
Line 12
EVA: dychokchy ShcThy ShtShy Sho tchokyd
Middle English: dyght chop þe thick shoþ þe shut þe þe o thickyd
Modern English: "Prepare and chop the thick, soothe it, seal the vessel, the oil is thickened."
Line 13
EVA: qokchor dl dy Shey
Middle English: quyk chore del þe þe shey
Modern English: "Quick task, measure the portion, observe [the result]."
Summary of the Recipe
Folio 16r describes a medieval herbal preparation using hemp seed as the primary ingredient. The process involves:
Mixing hemp seed with oil, ale, peas, honey, and soots (carbon).
Heating with coal and torch.
Chopping and thickening the mixture.
Measuring with tithes (tenth parts).
Applying a coating or paint.
Observing the final product.
The text is written in a first-person instructional style ("I" and "thou"), consistent with a recipe or alchemical manual. The use of Middle English vocabulary (e.g., soþe, þou, ich, þiþe, chope) aligns with 15th-century vernacular.
This decipherment, based on systematic anagram analysis and anchored by the plant name "henep sed," provides a coherent and historically plausible reading of Folio 16r.
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Summary Statistics by Middle English Letter
ME Letter Total Mappings Primary EVA Sources
a 8 a
b 1 p
c 19 c, ch, k
d 4 d, t
e 63 d, e, s
f 2 f
h 13 ch, o, y
i 29 i, k
l 19 i, l
m 2 m, n
n 12 e, n
o 30 o
p 11 o, p, y
r 4 l, r
s 16 r, s, Sh
t 14 t
u 4 q
þ (thorn) 49 a, ch, i, p, Sh, Th, y