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Collection: Early modern recipe books

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Pamela Forde
Pamela FordeRight edge of page cut off before end of text so last few characters missing on many lines.Untitled Page 28Royal College of Physicians: A collection of medical receipts (MS504)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairLines 6-7 perhaps succory lettuce, alternative word for chicory? -Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
diasal
diasalLine 10: ending divided word should read epidem icks10College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Robert Pryor Richardson notes on the lectures of John Syng Dorsey, 1817 (10a-198)Early modern recipe books
Bethany Slater
Bethany SlaterFore-edge-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Bethany Slater
Bethany SlaterSpine-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Bethany Slater
Bethany SlaterBack cover-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaFront cover-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
GiulianaGarofalo
GiulianaGarofaloThe recipe for apricot wine is notably attributed to a "Mrs. Cresset." -Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
LisaSmith
LisaSmithUnclear whether the inserted recipe addition is for 4 or 5, although 4 seems more likely given reference to apothecary.Untitled Page 20Royal College of Physicians: A collection of medical receipts (MS504)Early modern recipe books
jloc
jlocLine 107 - unclear word might be "copperas" (aka ferrous sulfate)?-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
jloc
jlocLine 22 - is the first word possibly "benjoin" (the original spelling of benzoin)?-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
medrenliza
medrenlizaThe Dropsy and Green Sickness recipe has a measurement symbol in it, but I don't remember what it stands for. -Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Sarahabanjar1
Sarahabanjar1There is a bracket before the 8 pence that covers the last 4 phrases (that include the number 24)-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Sara Schliep
Sara SchliepLine 66: "quademick" - may be related to quede (filth, excrement)? "mick" could be a variant on "milk"-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Sara Schliep
Sara SchliepLine 61: "cive" - examples in the OED are much earlier; may want to submit this example as a later use. Line 66: "quademick" - may be related to quede (-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
LisaSmith
LisaSmithRight side appears to be slightly sliced, as some final letters in recipe lines often missing.Untitled Page 10Royal College of Physicians: A collection of medical receipts (MS504)Early modern recipe books
LisaSmith
LisaSmithending of previous recipe.-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
LisaSmith
LisaSmithNote about another MS is at the bottom of the page, while the recipe title is at the top.-Wellcome Collection: Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century (MS.4054)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenCan't make much of the first bit, but the second one relates to a story in Plutarch: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Plutarch_s_Miscellanies_and_Essays/nlcMAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Siramnes+plutarch&pg=PA185&printsec=frontcover-English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
Scarlett
ScarlettThis is a repeat scan of the previous page-English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
Scarlett
ScarlettI've left the Latin for someone who speaks it! You might do a better job than me.-English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
Veena
VeenaThe second page of this image appears to be two pages transposed over one another. The one on top looks to be only a half page (long way) making it seem to be two columns when it is instead the half page over the whole page. -English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairLine 14 - 'album grecum' think this is album graecum (from wikipedia: Album græcum, or stercus canis officinale, is the dung of dogs or hyenas that has become white through exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather. White dog dung (often ...-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
SHoffelt
SHoffeltFatt likely refers to mash-fat which was a large vat used for making wort and apparently cheese. -Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
SHoffelt
SHoffeltStroakings refers to a pull on the cows utter as a measurement of the amount of milk. -Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
MalcolmJWatkins
MalcolmJWatkinsFirst word is 'Take'.page 97London Metropolitan Archives: Recipe Book (CLC/270/MS00558) Early modern recipe books
Stittches
StittchesIf you feel confident in that reading, you can choose to make that edit yourself. :)-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
katemccann19
katemccann19Should be changed from "but with a mad Dog" to "bit with a mad Dog"-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
darbyhr
darbyhrThe transcriber of this text presumably copied closely from John Gerard's book The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, as almost all recipes match almost word for word with recipes from that book. I did some work to match recipes to entries f...-English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
darbyhr
darbyhrThis page was cut in half at some point, though the recipes from 171r are visible, I'm assuming they should be included on that page. (This is my first transcription!)-English recipe book, 17th century and later MS 8575Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaDuplicate page issued for colour check by photographer-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaPage bears distinct watermark-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaContemporary binding (spine)-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaContemporary binding-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaContemporary binding-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Julia
Juliaerror in image duplication-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Julia
Juliabottom half of text is upside down-MS.9317Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairOxford English Dictionary lists : 'heath-ale n. a traditional beverage said to have been anciently brewed from the flowers of heather.' It would make sense with the '2 good handfulls of heath' further on in the recipe. Great to have a homebre... - MS 7113: Wellcome Collection: Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625-1680)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairOxford English Dictionary lists : 'heath-ale n. a traditional beverage said to have been anciently brewed from the flowers of heather.' It would make sense with the '2 good handfulls of heath' further on in the recipe. Great to have a homebre... - MS 7113: Wellcome Collection: Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625-1680)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline Butten'Vergrace' could be 'Verdigris'-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Ben W. Brumfield
Ben W. BrumfieldI did find a version of Heather Ale that might work, though they use less malt and replace the sugars with honey: https://lemonsandtime.com/heather-ale-a-galloway-legend/ (Bonus for the poem!) - MS 7113: Wellcome Collection: Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625-1680)Early modern recipe books
Ben W. Brumfield
Ben W. BrumfieldReviewing the Heath Beer recipe from the perspective of a homebrewer, Unclear words in lines 11 and 22 are certainly "malt", but I cannot tell if the spelling is "molt" or "malt". Unclear words in lines 13 is definitely "run", and 15 is prob... - MS 7113: Wellcome Collection: Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625-1680)Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaPage bears annotation that appears to be a continuation of accounts from previous page-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairThanks @Stephen for these links, and thank you for your amazing transcriptions we are reviewing them now and there is very little to change!-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaUnidentifiable scribbles along lefthand side of 2nd page may be attempts at shorthand-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Caroline Butten
Caroline Buttentt = 1 pound-Wellcome Collection: Mary Hawker's recipe book (MS9304)Early modern recipe books
yryzhik
yryzhik"vertitur" = verditer "orment" = orpimentF5376_0139Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: Medical recipe book (MSS 03340)Early modern recipe books
jm.hughes
jm.hughesThe heading's "good" appears first to have been misspelled as "gud" with "o" written over the mistake. As the word is spelled "good" in the rest of the text, I have used that spelling for the heading to facilitate searchability for this entry. F5376_0057Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: Medical recipe book (MSS 03340)Early modern recipe books
Julia
JuliaPackaging that recipe was received in-Wellcome Collection: Mary Hawker's recipe book (MS9304)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairSupplementary papers included at the end of the manuscript.-Wellcome Collection: Mary Hawker's recipe book (MS9304)Early modern recipe books
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