Pattern and medical receipt book of Thomas Bathings [manuscript], 1708-1710.
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Title
Pattern and medical receipt book of Thomas Bathings [manuscript], 1708-1710.
Description
90 leaves ; 13 x 8 cm
Associated name
Bathings, Thomas, 1691- author.
Scope and content
Contains medical and veterinary receipts, many for colic (leaves 2r, 4v-26v), diagrams for weaving with notes, some in shorthand (leaves 58-90), and instructions for making black, red and orange dyes (leaf 72v). Patterns include "star dimont," "a satin net," "duch huckerback" and "a small barley corn." Receipt on leaf 12 attributed to Mary Rose and receipt on leaf 13 attributed to Dr. Orme. Also includes Bathings family birth dates, 1676-1744 (2v-4r), an anti-marriage poem/song (53-54r) and a printed almanac, Riders (1678) British Merlin, Wing A2253 (leaves 27-52, with leaves 36, 41, 44 being interleaved blanks with manuscript notes).
Note
67 leaves of manuscript material interleaved with a printed almanac.
Ownership marks of Thomas Bathings on leaf 1; Bathings spelled as Ballings on leaf 3r.
First line of poem: I am a Gode lebaretine (I am a good libertine).
Leaves 55-57 blank.
Ownership marks of Thomas Bathings on leaf 1; Bathings spelled as Ballings on leaf 3r.
First line of poem: I am a Gode lebaretine (I am a good libertine).
Leaves 55-57 blank.
Binding information
Bound in laced-case green vellum flap-edged binding with single metal clasp.
Includes
I am a good libertine.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.540 (ms. content)
Folger-specific note
Adopted by Laura Cofield in honor of Mom, Marian, and Phyllis, Acquisitions Night 2009.
Folger accession
264885