Other: Ms. Codex 785 - [Recipe book]

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Title:	[Recipe book] [manuscript].
Origin:	[England, between 1705 and 1726]
Physical description:	90 leaves : paper ; 184 x 146 mm. bound to 190 x 148 mm.
Summary:	English cookery manuscript, with recipes for meats, cakes, puddings, jellies, fruit preserves, pickling, wine making, and medicinal recipes. A few are attributed to individuals: Mrs. Godrill, Mrs. Bonyer, Mrs. Battebey, Dr. Brabant, and Lady Hastings. Includes an alphabetical index at the end (p. 153).
Provenance:	Sold by Robert H. Rubin Books (Brookline, Mass.), 1995.
Subject:	Cooking, English - Early works to 1800. Herbs - Therapeutic use - England - 18th century. Traditional medicine - Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Wine and wine making.
Form / Genre:	Codices. Cookbooks. Recipes. Manuscripts, English - 18th century. Manuscripts, European.
Notes:	Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Dates 1705 and 1711 on p. 74; November 19, 1726 inside front cover. Pagination: Paper, 90; [ii], 1-143, [144-180]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with other recipes added in several other hands. Binding: Contemporary parchment. Origin: Written in England, between 1711 (p. 74) and 1726 (note, inside upper cover).
Cite as:	UPenn Ms. Codex 785
Manuscript location:	Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 785

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	Collection: Other
	Facsimile: Yes
	Illuminated: No
	Illustrated: No
	Notated: No
	Language: English
	Century: 18th century
	Date: 1711
	Genre: Codices
	Genre: Cookbooks
	Genre: Manuscripts, English - 18th century
	Genre: Manuscripts, European
	Genre: Recipes
	Subject: Cooking, English
	Subject: Herbs
	Subject: Therapeutic use
	Subject: Traditional medicine
	Subject: Wine and wine making
	Geography: England
	Page material: Paper

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