Fragment of a new manuscript of popular medicine (15th century)

A hitherto unknown MS in Middle Dutch from the Brussels Town Archives is here drawn attention to, described, analysed and partly edited. This MS on vellum has come down to us in a deplorable state of preservation. It still numbers twenty leaves, only a small part of its original size. In its contents two parts can be distinguished: a) ointments, plasters and other recipes (fol. 1-13v): this part is here edited; b) a treatise on phlebotomy (fol 14-20v), not edited here since known from many other sources.