A Collection of

Medieval and Renaissance Cookbooks

Contents of Volume I

 

 

A Baghdad Cookery Book (1226 AD / 623 AH) 1

 

[Le Menagier De Paris (Goodman of Paris, c. 1395)] This material is no longer 15

in this volume; a more complete translation is now in volume II

 

Ancient Cookery (early 15th cent, possibly copied from earlier sources) 32

A list of the dishes of Ancient Cookery 45

 

Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books 46

Book I Harlein MS 279 50 Book IV Laud MS 553 78

Book II Harlein MS 4016 66 Book V Douce MS 53 79

Book III Ashmole MS 1439 77 Glossary and Index 80

 

Delights for Ladies - Sir Hugh Plat (1609) 89

The Art of Preserving 91 Sweet Powders, Oyntments 112

Secrets in Distillation 103 Glossary 117

Cookery and Huswiferies 106 The Table (Contents) 118

 

The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby, Opened (1669) 121

Recipes for Mead, Metheglin, The Table 186

Hydromel, Cider, Ale, Appendices 188

et cetera 121 Glossary 190

Of Cookery 148 Index of Receipts 191

 

The Forme of Cury, A Roll of Ancient English Cookery (c. 1390) A-1

Preface A-2 Ancient Cookery (1381) A-34

Reproduction from the MS A-10 Index and Glossary A-42

Preamble to the Roll A-11 Rolls of Provisions, with their

Table of Contents A-12 prices, dishes, etc., Temp.

Recipes A-14 Henry VIII A-52

 

A Noble Boke Off Cookry Ffor a Prynce Houssolde (c. 1470) B-1

Introduction B-1 Recipes B-10

Menus B-4 Notes B-35

Kalender of the Book off Terms for Kerving B-37

Cookry B-8 Glossary B-37

 

A Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye (16th cent.) C-1

Table of Subjects, Recipes, Menus C-2

et cetera C-1 Recipes and Notes C-5

 

A Selection From An Old Icelandic Medical Miscelleny (15th century, apparently from

a lost 13th century manuscript. Henning Larsen tr.) with some related material D-1

 

The Kitab al-Tibakhah of Ibn al-Mubarrad (15th c., Charles Perry, tr.) E-1

 


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