coral
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
Ingredients
coral
Preparation Steps
Coral is used in a remedy for consumption, identified on page 92 of manuscript V.a.45 (p. 144).
Original Recipe Text
Coral is used in a remedy for consumption, identified on page 92 of manuscript V.a.45 (p. 144).
Evidence
"When a recipe in V.a.45, for instance, includes gold, pearl, and coral in a remedy for consumption (92)"
Remarks
Coral, like gold and pearl, represents the use of exotic or high-value materials in domestic medicine during the 17th century, often obtained through colonial trade networks (p. 144).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionCaCO3
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
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.
CollectionMS V.a.45
Language
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