Cookbook of Elizabeth Fowler [manuscript], 1684.
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Title
Cookbook of Elizabeth Fowler [manuscript], 1684.
Description
149 leaves.
Scope and content
Also includes a few medicinal recipes; between leaves 98v and 140r are some sermons in different hands, several delivered by Mr. Conway, Mr. Fuler, Mr. Shield, Mr. Smyth, and Mr Fowler; the last gave a lecture in Tedbury [probably Tetbury, Gloucestershire] on September 20, 1692; two poems on leaves 125v and 149.
Note
Some leaves torn out.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines. First lines: "O enter at the narrow gate" and "O that my heart could but forbear the world's livery for to wear".
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Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines. First lines: "O enter at the narrow gate" and "O that my heart could but forbear the world's livery for to wear".
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Publications about material
Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England / edited by Mary Anne Caton, with an essay by Joan Thirsk. Washington, DC, 1999, p. 37-39.
The housewife's rich cabinet : remedies, recipes, and helpful hints / Jean Miller, Francie Owens, Rachel Doggett ; with an introduction by Heloise. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997, p. 53.
The housewife's rich cabinet : remedies, recipes, and helpful hints / Jean Miller, Francie Owens, Rachel Doggett ; with an introduction by Heloise. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997, p. 53.
Provenance
M.E. Jackman MS.
Formerly Folger MS Add 733.
Formerly Folger MS Add 733.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Housewife's Rich Cabinet: Remedies, Recipes, & Helpful Hints, curated by Rachel Doggett, Jean Miller, & Francie Owens, Folger Shakespeare Library, August 27, 1997-January 31, 1998.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees (catalog p. 37)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees (catalog p. 37)
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Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.468: "Early modern straws; or, quills are not just for writing", The Collation (02 October 2019)
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey description of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.468
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.468: "Early modern straws; or, quills are not just for writing", The Collation (02 October 2019)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.468
Folger accession
MS Add 733