Arcana Fairfaxiana manuscripta : a manuscript volume of apothecaries' lore and housewifery nearly three centuries old / used, and partly written by the Fairfax family. Reproduced in fac-simile of the handwritings ; an introduction by George Weddell.

Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Arcana Fairfaxiana manuscripta : a manuscript volume of apothecaries' lore and housewifery nearly three centuries old / used, and partly written by the Fairfax family. Reproduced in fac-simile of the handwritings ; an introduction by George Weddell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    relegated to the manufacturer, the baking of meats still continues to engage the attention of the housewife. It may therefore be interesting to some fair readers to try the methods of those ancient dames, for the food upon which such noble men were reared in the days of Queen Bess and of the Commonwealth, may still be capable of making healthy bone and brain and blood. A crammed capon followed by pancakes made with cream—only think of it! (See recipe, page 117.) STotidjes of Mature. Here and there, throughout the book, there are evidences of the same human nature which is the heritage of all time. Some one, finding it convenient for her purpose, scribbles on page 60 the copy of a letter written to some “ Right noble Knight,” asking him for a stag which she wishes to send to London, invoking Harry Cholmeley as a mutual acquaintance. The writer of the Italian hand, perhaps resident in the household but not a member of the family, enters on the last page “ A note of Miss Barbara, her lessons on ye virginalle, which she hath learned and can play them.” On the same page a watchful housewife notes the contents of her poultry yard as follows: “ i kapon, xvi Torkies, xviii dowkes, iiii henes, ii cokes, x chekins, x giese, iv sowes, ii brawes, [? brawnes].