scruffy personal notebooks

Evidence

"whether the remedy books are scruffy personal notebooks, or neatly executed productions"

Remarks

The manuscript MS Ashmole 1389 is described as a 'scruffy personal notebook' characteristic of informal recipe collections of the early Tudor period (p. 263-264). It contrasts with more formal, 'neatly executed productions' and codices like the Tollemache Book of Secrets (p. 264-265). The layout of these remedy books, often containing unorganized recipes, reflects the 'perspectival play' and diverse interests of the scribes (p. 264, 267).