Medicinal, household and cookery receipts [manuscript], 17th-18th centuries.
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Medicinal, household and cookery receipts [manuscript], 17th-18th centuries.
Description
150 leaves ; 21 x 16 cm
Scope and content
Source of some receipts noted including, "Culpepers dispensatory Powder for the woorms," "My Lady Doyls Receipt for Orrang Jomball's," "Mrs Bamfields Receipt for A Rupture," "A Choice Receipt for A Consumption ... from D: Mrs Parrott." Also includes receipts for red, blue, green and yellow inks (p. 113-114), receipts for preserving fruit such as cherries and apricots (p. 28), and "To pickle Gilleflowers" (p. 111).
Note
Part 1: 133, [23] p.; Part 2 (beginning from rear of volume): 72 leaves (mostly blank). Also one contemporary loose leaf with additional recipes housed with volume.
In several hands.
Title devised by cataloger.
In several hands.
Title devised by cataloger.
Publications about material
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. 111-112.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 778.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Myers, November 16, 1981.
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.
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Cover-to-cover images and transcription of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.563
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey description of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.563
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.563: "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.563
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.563: "Early modern straws; or, quills are not just for writing", The Collation (02 October 2019)
Item Details
Call number
V.a.563
Folger accession
MS Add 778