manuscript recipe book

Evidence

"it comes from a large remedy collection in a mid-fifteenth-century manuscript copied predominantly in one hand"

Remarks

The paper/manuscript is identified as a mid-fifteenth-century production. The text argues that the manuscript likely 'functioned in a lay household as a repository of bodily and spiritual advice,' potentially addressed to a 'wealthy layman' (p. 149). This socio-economic context explains the presence of 'extravagant' recipes with 'endless lists of herbs' (p. 153).