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Elisabeth Chaghafi
The Newsy Baronet: how Richard Newdigate (per)used his newsletters
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The Newsy Baronet: how Richard Newdigate (per)used his newsletters
A guest post by Elisabeth Chaghafi Large collections of books or manuscripts may be interesting for two reasons: the actual content of the items they contain, and also what they reveal about the collector who compiled them. The Folger’s Newdigate…
Tracing the transmission of medical recipes
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Tracing the transmission of medical recipes
A guest post by Elisabeth Chaghafi A lot of early modern recipe books are eclectic compilations that reflect the interests or needs of the people who compiled them. Often they do not even separate between cookery and medical recipes but…