[Commonplace book and recipe book]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1567

Description:

Commonplace book written in England, beginning with copies of selections from the Psalms; with a copy of the deathbed statement of Lady Katherine (presumably Lady Katherine Grey); and with a section of medicinal and culinary recipes at the end.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 23 February 1959, lot 322, to Dawson.; Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1992.; Aresty, Esther Bradford, former owner.

Subject:

Hertford, Katherine Seymour, Countess of, 1540-1568; 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 (bound manuscripts); cookbooks; commonplace books; recipes; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, English; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

43 leaves : paper; 198 x 141 mm bound to 204 x 143 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-6r: Psalms 23-31. -- 2. f.7r-9r: A briefe discourse of the man[er] and order of the dep[ar]ting of the Ladye Katherine by one hole night wherin she dyed in the morning ... 27 January 1567. -- 3. f.10r-12r: Index to recipes. -- 4. f.14v-43v: Recipes.; Foliation: Paper, 43; [1-13], 1-29, [43]; nearly contemporary foliation in ink, upper center recto, beginning on f. 14; this foliation corresponds to entries in the index on the preceding pages; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.; Script: Written in a cursive script by several hands.; Binding: Contemporary limp vellum.; Origin: Written in England in the 16th century.; Two leaves are torn out near the end but foliation is continuous.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 823