[Commonplace book and recipe book].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Aresty, Esther Bradford, former owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

cookbooks

commonplace books

recipes

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Manuscripts, English.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 23 February 1959, lot 322, to Dawson.

Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1992.

Physical Description:

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

Production:

[England], [after 1567]

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

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.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 823

Contains:

Bible. Psalms. Selections. English

Briefe discourse of the maner and order of the departing of the Ladye Katherine by one hole night wherin she dyed in the morning.

OCLC:

155912914