BEIN 2005 970: Wormed in bottom margin throughout, no loss of text. Autograph: Elenor Hatcher her booke 1666. Autograph: Rachel Dando her book. Autograph: Rachel Wilson her book. Autograph: Sarah Baylie her hand. Ms. notes on binders blank at end. Binding: contemporary limp vellum with small angel ornament and motto 'Gloria Deo' stamped on front and back, probably the publisher's binding. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together., "Read, practice, and censure.", Dedication signed: H. Plat., Printing attributed to H. Lownes. Cf. STC., Signatures: A-H¹²., Text within ornamental border., and Includes index.
Publisher:
Printed by H[umfrey].L[ownes]. and are to be sould by Arthur Iohnson
Manuscript recipe book, in a single hand, containing medical and culinary recipes. Medical recipes include remedies for "a cancer on the breast," consumption, whooping cough, palsy, "yallow janders" (jaundice) and convulsions, as well as one for "Plague, feaver, smallpox or measells" and two for "Jesuits bark" for ague. Cookery recipes include sweetmeats, wines and cakes; pickles and relishes; and baked dishes, puddings and roasts, including whole hog puddings and hams. The volume ends with a few additional cookery recipes in an early 19th century hand
Description:
Ownership inscription on recto of front flyleaf, with partial index of recipes on verso., Binding: contemporary parchment., and Author possibly identified as Rachel Bullock (1699-1765) of Dynes Hall, Great Maplestead, Essex, England.
Cliff, Jer. Jeremiah?, apothecary at Tenterdon, Kent
Call Number:
Osborn c158
Image Count:
500
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred primarily religious or lighthearted entries, including poetry, recipes, sermons, epitaphs, extracts, and a treatise on the months and phases of the moon. The manuscript contains verses copied from early 17th-century books, including Remains concerning Britain by William Camden and Josuah Sylvester's translation of Du Bartas's Divine weeks & works, as well as more contemporary works, such as The true-Bred Englishman and The mock-mourners, by Daniel Defoe. Several of the religious poems are anti-Catholic, while others focus on the subjects of women and love, Other entries include extracts from sermons of Hugh Latimer and colloquies of Erasmus; recipes, including some from Helmes Trismegistus; extracts from the Journal of Nathaniel Mist; and a lengthy treatise on the months, the phases of the moon, and astrological signs entitled The shepherd's kalendar, which is accompanied by illustrations of astrological signs; a shepherd reaching for the stars;and a diagram with moveable parts, held in place by a pin, and In addition to the illustrations accompanying the astrological treatise, the manuscript contains a drawing of the Virgin Mary titled "Taken oute of T. V. Monk of the holy Order of St. Benedict It shews their absurdity."
Description:
In English., The author's name appears on p. 2, where he writes, "Songs, Poems, Epitaphs, and some Fragments of Old Doctor Zatimers sermons taught above a hund and fifty year agoe all very diverting to young people all collected by me Jer: Cliff in the yeares 1697: 97:99:700: 701: 702:: & 703 to 1728.", Index at end of volume., Written on back flyleaf: Sarah Cliff Her Book July the 18 1741. Given her by her father., and Binding: vellum boards. Pen trials on both front and back covers.
