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Source Call Number:
V.a.619
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V.a.619
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Source Creator:
Baker, Margaret, 17th century.
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Baker, Margaret, 17th century.
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Source Title:
Receipt book of Margaret Baker [manuscript]
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Receipt book of Margaret Baker [manuscript]
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Source Created or Published:
ca. 1675?
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ca. 1675?
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Physical Description:
folio 62 verso || folio 63 recto
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folio 62 verso || folio 63 recto
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HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
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Creator (Hamnet):
Baker, Margaret, 17th century.
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Baker, Margaret, 17th century.
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Title (Hamnet):
Receipt book of Margaret Baker [manuscript] ca. 1675?
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Receipt book of Margaret Baker [manuscript] ca. 1675?
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false
Physical Description (Hamnet):
1 v. (ii, 137 leaves) ; 20 x 16 cm.
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1 v. (ii, 137 leaves) ; 20 x 16 cm.
Physical Description (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Medicine - Formulae, receipts, prescriptions - Early works to 1800 - Manuscripts.
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Medicine - Formulae, receipts, prescriptions - Early works to 1800 - Manuscripts.
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false
Subject (Hamnet):
Cooking - Early works to 1800 - Manuscripts.
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Cooking - Early works to 1800 - Manuscripts.
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false
Subject (Hamnet):
Cookbooks - 17th century - Manuscripts.
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Cookbooks - 17th century - Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Medical formularies - 17th century - Manuscripts.
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Medical formularies - 17th century - Manuscripts.
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false
Subject (Hamnet):
Manuscripts - 17th century.
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Manuscripts - 17th century.
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false
Subject (Hamnet):
Ties (Binding) - 17th century.
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Ties (Binding) - 17th century.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Several remedies are listed with attributions ("Mrs. Denis," "Mrs. Weeks," "my Lady Corbett," "my cousen Staffords," "my cousen Gooden," et al.); others closely resemble ones in Hannah Woolley's The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery (1675).
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Several remedies are listed with attributions ("Mrs. Denis," "Mrs. Weeks," "my Lady Corbett," "my cousen Staffords," "my cousen Gooden," et al.); others closely resemble ones in Hannah Woolley's The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery (1675).
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
The recipes on leaves 57-79 are numbered 1-112.
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The recipes on leaves 57-79 are numbered 1-112.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Two other receipt books compiled by Margaret Baker, ca. 1650, are now in the collection of the British Library (Sloane MS 2485 and Sloane MS 2486).
bib_object_notes
Two other receipt books compiled by Margaret Baker, ca. 1650, are now in the collection of the British Library (Sloane MS 2485 and Sloane MS 2486).
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Foliated by cataloger.
bib_object_notes
Foliated by cataloger.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Receipt book, containing medicinal, culinary, and household recipes. Contains a range of preparations for ointments, powders, salves, and cordials for a variety of complaints (such as "a preservative against the plague" (leaf 24r), "A medisen for one that cannot hold theyr water in there sleape" (leaf 67r), "for the canker in a womans breste" (leaf 68v), "A plaister for [th]e goutt or ache in [th]e ioynts, wher w[i]th [th]e lord Ro. Rich was cured, when all [th]e churgions thought him to be vnecuereable" (leaf 75r), several for Matthew Lucatelli's balm (leaves 1v-2v, 76, 115v) and one for "Sir Walter Rallyes pille" (leaf 17v)). A number of recipes relate to headaches, convulsions, etc. (notes and remedies for "phrensie" (leaf 22r-23r)), "It is good to comfort [th]e brayne and takes a way aney payne of the head" (leaf 37r) "for [th]e megrome & [th]e impostam of [th]e head" (leaf 64v), and "For convolchen fetts in yong Children" (leaf 102). Culinary recipes include biscuits, cakes, preparations for meats (especially sausage and including two "after [th]e Bolognia fation" (leaf 53r)), "To make ffrench fritters" (leaf 35), "To make veriuce of grapes" (leaf 94v), "To make the Anchovian spratts" (leaf 98r). Also recipes for black and red inks (leaf 100r), "To take out stayns or ink out of a linen Cloth" (leaf 38v), "To make blacke sere cloth" (leaf 54r), and significant number of cosmetic recipes (including "To take away the freckles or morfew" (leaf 38r), "To make your hands white & softe" (leaf 86r), "a water to make [th]e face red (leaf 97v), "To keepe hare from fallinge & to make it grow thicke" (leaf 110r)). Notes on measurements and alchemy at end of volume (leaves 133-134).
bib_object_notes
Receipt book, containing medicinal, culinary, and household recipes. Contains a range of preparations for ointments, powders, salves, and cordials for a variety of complaints (such as "a preservative against the plague" (leaf 24r), "A medisen for one that cannot hold theyr water in there sleape" (leaf 67r), "for the canker in a womans breste" (leaf 68v), "A plaister for [th]e goutt or ache in [th]e ioynts, wher w[i]th [th]e lord Ro. Rich was cured, when all [th]e churgions thought him to be vnecuereable" (leaf 75r), several for Matthew Lucatelli's balm (leaves 1v-2v, 76, 115v) and one for "Sir Walter Rallyes pille" (leaf 17v)). A number of recipes relate to headaches, convulsions, etc. (notes and remedies for "phrensie" (leaf 22r-23r)), "It is good to comfort [th]e brayne and takes a way aney payne of the head" (leaf 37r) "for [th]e megrome & [th]e impostam of [th]e head" (leaf 64v), and "For convolchen fetts in yong Children" (leaf 102). Culinary recipes include biscuits, cakes, preparations for meats (especially sausage and including two "after [th]e Bolognia fation" (leaf 53r)), "To make ffrench fritters" (leaf 35), "To make veriuce of grapes" (leaf 94v), "To make the Anchovian spratts" (leaf 98r). Also recipes for black and red inks (leaf 100r), "To take out stayns or ink out of a linen Cloth" (leaf 38v), "To make blacke sere cloth" (leaf 54r), and significant number of cosmetic recipes (including "To take away the freckles or morfew" (leaf 38r), "To make your hands white & softe" (leaf 86r), "a water to make [th]e face red (leaf 97v), "To keepe hare from fallinge & to make it grow thicke" (leaf 110r)). Notes on measurements and alchemy at end of volume (leaves 133-134).
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Acquired from Samuel Gedge, 2011.
bib_object_notes
Acquired from Samuel Gedge, 2011.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Provenance (Hamnet):
Ownership inscription of Margarett Baker on leaf ii.
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Ownership inscription of Margarett Baker on leaf ii.
Provenance (Hamnet)
false
Call Number (Hamnet):
V.a.619
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V.a.619
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