[Account book and recipe book]

Timespan:

Early works to 1900; Early works to 1800

Date:

1699

Description:

Arithmetic and account book also used for recipes. First 15 leaves have tables for weights, money, and basic arithmetic written in an elegant hand with flourishes. Several pages comprise accounts dated 1699-1703, including taxes paid for Priors Court, a number of payments to William Cooke, to other workers, and receipts from rents. Middle section has "cookrey" in a third hand, a section of medical recipes, including remedies for pregnant and lactating women; and several additions in other hands.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1995.

Subject:

Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900; Arithmetic; Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800; Cooking, English; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Account books; Cookbooks; Diagrams; Recipes; Tables (documents); Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

86 leaves : paper, illustrations; 195 x 148 mm bound to 203 x 160 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 86 + i (contemporary paper); [1-86]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by several hands.; Decoration: Section on arithmetic has a number of tables and diagrams of mathematical problems, some in red and blue ink.; Binding: Contemporary leather; several gatherings nearly or completely detached.; Origin: Written in England from 1699 (f. 17v) to 1703 (f. 84r).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 388