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Collection: Early modern recipe books

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KitRichards
KitRichardsThe text says 'pd' at times and I am not sure what measurement this is referring to. It may be 'pound' but as I wasn't sure, I have just transcribed it as 'pd'-Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, early 18th century (MS.7746)Early modern recipe books
LJPW
LJPW*mashed berriws - mashed berries-English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsThere are a few words where I can't read the handwriting or I'm not confident in my transcription, and so I've marked it as 'unclear' to make it easier for the reviewer to pinpoint weak parts.-Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, early 18th century (MS.7746)Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaA manicle is in the margins of line 79 on the RH page-MS 373: Jane JacksonEarly modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsOn line 29, there is a + symbol over the word 'Zitaven' which corresponds with a note in the margins that says 'what this should bee I conceive not'. I am not sure on how to express this in the transcription.-Wellcome Collection: Hughes, Sarah (MS.363)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 22: a sow or sow-bug is another name for a woodlouse F5376_0019Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: Medical recipe book (MSS 03340)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairPage torn at edges. -Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, early 18th century (MS.7746)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonPerhaps 'Lint feet Oil' in line 6 could be linseed oil.-Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
Noumenon'Alkant' in line 4 might be alkanet, used as a red dye.-Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonThe Grocer's Apostrophe lives! The plural of folio is folios. -Wellcome Collection: Miller, Mrs. Mary (MS.3547)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonThe first recipe is headed 'To Make a plum Pudding', but it only mentions currants and raisons, no plums. I'm just sayin.....-Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsI marked most of the Latin as "unclear" as my Latin is not good enough to transcribe. I focused, instead, on the Middle English but left the "unclear" as a placeholder.-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonJust a wild guess really, but could 'Constis of hontinton' mean the 'Countess of Huntingdon'?F5376_0069Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: Medical recipe book (MSS 03340)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 42: could it be 'take the inner rinde of the foote of rough footed doue '(i.e.dove)? I'm not saying it makes sense, but that's what it looks like to me.-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 35: ottemell = oatmeal and line 136 Tood pawles = tadpoles? Just guessing...-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 87: longdebife = langue de boeuf?-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 24: 'Aueans' might be 'avens' or herb bennet-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairLine 21 - 'mallogotones' - think this could be melocotones (peaches)-Wellcome Collection: Bulkeley, Elizabeth (MS.169)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonAnother quick question: in line 20 the receipt is attributed to Sir Walter Rauly (that's my reading of it, anyway); could it mean, you know, 'the' Sir Walter Raleigh? -Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 17: 'for a bytinge with a mad dog', then line 20: 'Take a good quantity of the heare of the dogge and fry it' . First catch your mad dog, as Mrs Beeton might have said. The OED gives a quote for the use of this phrase which is dated 1760; is...-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Lingua_Franca
Lingua_FrancaI think this can be marked as complete!-Wellcome Collection: English culinary and medical recipe book, 18th century (MS8468)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
Noumenonline 56: could 'maireth' be a variant spelling of the verb 'to mar', i.e. spoil, ruin -Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 37: 'tissin' might be a variant spelling of 'tisane'?-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 77 'bolarmonik' (?) = bole armeniac/bole Armoniac-Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonSeame might be hog's lard, per the OEDpage 360London Metropolitan Archives: Recipe Book (CLC/270/MS00558) Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsOn line 40, the scribe references the symbols that look like Cs that we have been leaving untranscribed. However, I'm not sure how to transcribe that in this instance.-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsUnable to find an appropriate symbol for the halfe semis on line 7.-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 13: perhaps 'cimprings' = simperings?-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonI'm thinking uiue sulpher might be sulphur vivum per the OED-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLithrage of gold = litharge of gold, which is a litharge of lead coloured red.-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Noumenon
NoumenonLine 62: rososolas = ros solis? -Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsI have started to leave the lines in Latin as "unclear" as I think my attempts at transcribing them are more confusing than helpful. I will prioritise the English.-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Druggist
Druggist"slatt" = wood lice-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
Druggist
Druggistscirfe = scurf (dandruff) Replaced "unclear" with proper apothecary's symbology (ʒ=dram gr=grains, not grams, one grain = 0.0648 grams. if you compound this as it had been written it would have been way off proportion)-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsI have started to leave lines of Latin as "unclear" as I am not very experienced with it. I will prioritise the English.-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Druggist
DruggistThis looks like a blank sheet that scanned through the next page. If you drop the brightness and raise the contrast you can see the writing, and then turn the page it's the same writing. The only thing that belongs here is the 13 in the upper righ...-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
Druggist
DruggistSome of these abbreviations should have been asked of a real apothecary... ſq: a suffitient quantity [nowadays usually QS, from the latin] ℥ is an ounce [not &] ʒ is a dram ...-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline Buttencostive = constipated-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenA posset was originally a popular British hot drink made of milk curdled with wine or ale, often spiced, which was often used as a remedy-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenConfectio Hamech was a purgative preparation, reputedly named after an Arab physician of the name of Hamech. It was a syrupy preparation compounded from colocynth, scammony, agaric, senna leaves, rhubarb, myrobalans and other ingredients mixed wit...-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline Buttentacamahaca and gum caranna - resins from trees indigenous to S. America-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenSingreen = Sempervivum tectorum, common houseleek-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsShould we expand measurements i.e. 'one ounce' or write '℥i'-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
KitRichards
KitRichardsI've been transcribing ampersands as '&' but there is a second form that the scribe uses that looks like a 'C'. Do I expand this as 'and'?-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenTerra Sigillata = medieval medicinal earth-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenSpodium = bone ash-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenArmum Redd = amaranth-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenBroke lyme = brooklime, veronica beccabunga-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenOrpins = sedum telephium-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline ButtenLabrum veneris = wild teasel-MS 244: Dineley/Dyneley (or Dingley/Dyngley), Henry (& others)Early modern recipe books
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