ink
England
17th Century
Source: Snook, Edith. "Review of Preserving on Paper: Seventeenth-Century Englishwomen’s Receipt Books, ed. Kristine Kowalchuk." Early Modern Women, vol. 13, no. 2, 2019, pp. 141-144.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The volume includes multiple recipes for ink, which are situated within the broader context of housekeeping instructions. These instructions cover a variety of domestic tasks such as scouring pewter and irons, perfuming leather, making glue, washing point lace ('To wash Poynt'), and killing bed bugs (p. 142-143).
Original Recipe Text
The volume includes multiple recipes for ink, which are situated within the broader context of housekeeping instructions. These instructions cover a variety of domestic tasks such as scouring pewter and irons, perfuming leather, making glue, washing point lace ('To wash Poynt'), and killing bed bugs (p. 142-143).
Evidence
"Beyond food and medicine, there are multiple recipes for ink, as well as housekeeping instructions"
Remarks
These ink recipes are found in three 17th-century women's manuscript recipe collections: MS V.a.430 (1640–1750), MS V.a.20 (ca. 1672), and MS V.a.450 (ca. 1675) (p. 141). Notably, MS V.a.20 features a 'remarkable, decorative title page' which may contain examples of the ink and potentially other decorative materials (p. 141).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorSnook, Edith. "Review of Preserving on Paper: Seventeenth-Century Englishwomen’s Receipt Books, ed. Kristine Kowalchuk." Early Modern Women, vol. 13, no. 2, 2019, pp. 141-144.
CollectionFolger Shakespeare Library
Language
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