[Recipe book]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1690

Description:

Collection of culinary recipes, such as to pickle or preserve various kinds of fruits and vegetables, to prepare meat and fish, and to make wines and desserts; medicinal recipes, for ailments such as stones, colic, consumption, toothache, thrush, and worms; and household preparations, as for killing lice and moths and making substances such as ink and glue. The latest entry is a copy of an 1802 court proceeding at the Old Bailey against 2 men, Levy Cohen and Ephraim Jacobs, charged with forging notes from the Bank of England, which concludes with a verdict of not guilty (f. 76v-79r). The first leaf has medical notes of an astrological nature (f. 1v). Many edges repaired.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Early ownership inscription: Edward Newton (f. 90r).; Sold at auction at Christie's, 20 Sept. 1996, lot 158, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Newton, Edward, 18th century, former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs165.html

Subject:

Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800; Cooking, English; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Trials (Forgery) -- England -- London; Trials (Forgery)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Recipes; Legal documents; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

90 leaves : paper; 307 x 194 mm bound to 317 x 210 mm

Geographic Subject:

England -- London

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 90; [1-13], 14-18, 20-39, 41-54, 56-69, 74-78, [79-97]; early foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script by multiple hands.; Binding: Modern half morocco over marbled boards.; Origin: Written in England, ca. 1690 (f. 80v) to 1802 (f. 76v); the dates 1709 (f. 39r) and 1722 (f. 74v) also appear in the manuscript.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 165

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)