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Collection: Early modern recipe books

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Stephen
Stephensowes: https://www.bmig.org.uk/sites/www.bmig.org.uk/files/bulletin/BullBMIG28p54-63_Barber.pdf-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephen'punne' (l.29) https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/roanokecolonies/view/punne-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
rodrick.amon
rodrick.amonOn top of this script there is also another script on top of it which was scanned when the script was digited. -Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )Early modern recipe books
Jannyp
JannypHello Stittches - Thank you very much for that. As you could probably tell I was having great difficulty understanding the Transcription Convention for hyphenated words at the end of a line! Nice explanation. Thank you Jannyp-Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )Early modern recipe books
Stittches
StittchesHi JannyP, You used the closed tag for line breaks where "Sufficiently" breaks across the line. I think the particular convention for that would be this one. Hope it helps! "Line Breaks: Hit return once after each line ends. Two returns indica...-Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenInterpretation of symbols: Where there is a choice of words (e.g. Luna/lune/argent, Venus/cuivre or cornue/retorte), I have chosen either arbitrarily or according to context (sometimes the gender, or an opening vowel, is implied by the form of the... - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenLine 16: has the writer mistakenly used the symbol for 'vinegar' instead of the similar one for 'alembic'? - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forges-les-Eaux - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Veena
VeenaJust bleed-through from previous page-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephenseigner - saigner - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephencrain = crin - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenI've been expanding the symbols where I can, with help from internet sources - (e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=alchemy+symbols&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXpKOV74n4AhXDnFwKHUpMA7gQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1536&bih=820&... - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
etorresjohnson
etorresjohnsonWhere possible I recreated symbols directly, otherwise I noted that a symbol occurred. Not sure what they stand for — ⊙ = gold? - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Veena
VeenaOn many of these pages, there are symbol drawings of the sign being discussed in the margins. Is there a way to transcribe those symbols?-Wellcome Collection: The Regiment of Healthe (MS674)Early modern recipe books
AreejShah1
AreejShah1The entire first recipe is either underlined or crossed out. I have underlined it for now but I wasn't sure which it was. - MS 7113: Wellcome Collection: Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625-1680)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenI don't know what C:P: stands for, but 'curatio perfecta' suits the context. - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Veena
VeenaI am still learning, but it truly is one of my favorite hobbies. I look forward to the updates as they come in!-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThank you for letting us know that this wasn't clear, and for your work on the transcription! I've added a note about page breaks to the transcription conventions on FromThePage.-Wellcome Collection: John and Joan Gibson: medical recipe book (MS311)Early modern recipe books
Katy Mair
Katy MairHi Veena, thanks for flagging, I think I might need to check the original and possibly get new images of a few pages- is looks as though there is something running up the left hand margin as well yet the image before doesn't seem to reflect that. ...-Wellcome Collection: Brumwich, Anne (& others) (MS160)Early modern recipe books
LauraA
LauraADo is an abbreviation for ditto - an instruction to repeat the above information, in this case almost certainly the attribution of the recipe to Mrs. Williams. The transcription is correct, but the usage is not a common one. When it is used in mod...3University of Guelph: Handbound Recipe and Remedy Book (XM1 MS A117045)Early modern recipe books
Stittches
StittchesUnsure about symbol/abbreviation in upper right corner of page, linking two ingredients together, -Wellcome Collection: John and Joan Gibson: medical recipe book (MS311)Early modern recipe books
BellaW
BellaWAnother case of specific pots or utensils are used -- an "Earthen...Pott" an "iron ball on wood" for certain cures. -Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
LauraA
LauraAThe Malt Drink recipe appears in other manuscripts under the name Braggat/Bragget, a Welsh term for honied ale. -Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
LauraA
LauraAThe recipe for White Mead is present in (with variations) in other MSS of dates between the mid 17th and mid 18th c. -Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
BellaW
BellaWLine 23 -- the recipe states to specifically use "a silver saucepan." I'm planning to do some digging into the Early Modern relationship between items food was cooked in and the food themselves. 69University of Guelph: Handbound Recipe and Remedy Book (XM1 MS A117045)Early modern recipe books
BellaW
BellaWLine 23 -- There is a distinct line made by the author going to the end of the page. Would this be considered a line going to the end of the right margin, or is it a gap? 69University of Guelph: Handbound Recipe and Remedy Book (XM1 MS A117045)Early modern recipe books
Stittches
StittchesIf someone from Folger, or another reviewer whose has worked on similar content for FromThePage, could review my work as this is my first page. I have reviewed the Folgerpedia guidelines but am unsure about the page number, and hopefully my expans...-Wellcome Collection: John and Joan Gibson: medical recipe book (MS311)Early modern recipe books
amytigner
amytignerThe last inscription is upside down. -Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
BellaW
BellaWLine 23, which is a heading, has an expansion for an inexplicable marking on the opposite side of the page from "To Prevent." The trancriber expanded d, which I see, but also added "itt." The letter next to the D appears to me to be an "o" and I c...3University of Guelph: Handbound Recipe and Remedy Book (XM1 MS A117045)Early modern recipe books
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThis page is written upside-down. - Wellcome Collection: Ayscough, Lady (MS1026)Early modern recipe books
sfemet
sfemetThis page has a ruler and a color chart over a page with writing. I marked it as blank. - Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956)Early modern recipe books
sfemet
sfemetFrom this page I learned that Benjamin is benzoin, a balsamic resin, which smells like vanilla. - Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956)Early modern recipe books
sfemet
sfemetIt looks like Sir Thomas Browne had a thing two to say about Unicorn Horn https://penelope.uchicago.edu/pseudodoxia/pseudo323.html - Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956)Early modern recipe books
Trudloff
TrudloffI believe the Markes of Physics is a translation guide to the the symbols with shorthand and general conversion So the entries are like A pound (libj) is [ounce symbol] xii (12 in roman numerals) Halfe a Pound (LibB?) [ounce symbol] vi (6) (s...-Wellcome Collection: Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744) (MS.8903)Early modern recipe books
pathun24
pathun24this is my first transcription attempt can you point out any problems it is page 58 of Folger STC 4863.5 - Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephencarabé: ambre jaune, yellow amber. - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
sfemet
sfemetThere is an new abbreviation on this page, I am not sure how to tag it. The author uses "pd" with a line over it for "pound." - Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956)Early modern recipe books
KatherineHunt
KatherineHuntMost of this transcription was done by Pip Salmon; the final few lines by Katherine Hunt.-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
Annelyse Focquet
Annelyse Focquetl.39 : cariscosvinum ?-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
KatherineHunt
KatherineHuntLine 11: Dearmane?? Same ingredient appears on p.25.-Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)Early modern recipe books
graceannrichardson
graceannrichardsonNeeds review and fill in missing words - Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephencicité: siccité - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephencharme = hornbeam - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenQuercitanus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duchesne - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenJoachim Poleman: Novum lumen medicum (English translation 1662). - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenC:V: - chaux vive? - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
StephenTheicmeyer: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Matiere_m%C3%A9dicale/EdpEAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=theicmeyer&pg=PA24&printsec=frontcover - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephenhttps://www.penntybio.com/content/59-la-calandre-du-ble - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_bath - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
Stephen
Stephenhttps://educalingo.com/en/dic-fr/scammonee - Wellcome Collection: Ex tribus [regnis] arcana (MS2315)Early modern recipe books
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Collection image is from page 58 of Folger STC 4863.5