upennmanuscripts:LJS165, “Syrup of Violets”, “Syrup of Gilliflowers”, f. 89v, 17th c. cookbook. Coll
upennmanuscripts:LJS165, “Syrup of Violets”, “Syrup of Gilliflowers”, f. 89v, 17th c. cookbook. Collection of culinary recipes, such as to pickle or preserve various kinds of fruits and vegetables, to prepare meat and fish, and to make wines and desserts; medicinal recipes, for ailments such as stones, colic, consumption, toothache, thrush, and worms; and household preparations, as for killing lice and moths and making substances such as ink and glue. The latest entry is a copy of an 1802 court proceeding at the Old Bailey against 2 men, Levy Cohen and Ephraim Jacobs, charged with forging notes from the Bank of England, which concludes with a verdict of not guilty (f. 76v-79r). The first leaf has medical notes of an astrological nature (f. 1v). Many edges repaired.http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/LJSchoenbergManuscripts/html/ljs165.htmlOther pages, in order: Almond recipes on f. 5r; “Balsome for any distember” on f. 24v; “A water to drive out the plague or any other infection” on f. 47r.You can download an ebook (in .epub format) from our Ebooks Repository: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/229/ -- source link