Franklin

[Commonplace book and recipe book].

Format/Description:
Manuscript
43 leaves : paper ; 198 x 141 mm bound to 204 x 143 mm
Production:
[England], [after 1567]
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Subjects:
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.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Cookbooks.
Commonplace books.
Recipes.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Manuscripts, English.
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.
Penn Provenance:
Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 23 February 1959, lot 322, to Dawson.
Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1992.
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 823
Contributor:
Aresty, Esther Bradford, former owner.
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