GB 0114 MS0059 - Humphryes, Sydney

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0114 MS0059

Title

Humphryes, Sydney

Date(s)

  • 1646-[1668] (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Currently no biographical information on Sydney Humphryes is known.

Archival history

A note on the second page states "Given to me by my friend R Winburn Esq. July 1820. Henry Butterworth, 7 Fleet Street". Henry Butterworth (1786-1860) was a publisher of law books.

GB 0114 MS0059 1646-[1668] Collection (fonds) 1 volume Humphryes , Sydney , fl 1686 , collector of recipes

Currently no biographical information on Sydney Humphryes is known.

A note on the second page states "Given to me by my friend R Winburn Esq. July 1820. Henry Butterworth, 7 Fleet Street". Henry Butterworth (1786-1860) was a publisher of law books.

The volume was stamped by the Library on 11 Jun 1895.

Papers of Sydney Humphryes, 1646-c1668, comprising a volume containing 'receipts' or recipes compiled by Sydney Humphryes, although the volume contains a variety of other hands. Including recipes for fruit waters and hair dyes, as well as treatments for burns, vomiting, the plague, and scrofula.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

No photocopying permitted.

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Aug 2008 Scrofula Agricultural products Animal products Hair Occupations Health occupations Medicine Burns Centuries Seventeenth century Vomiting Pathology Diseases Plague Lymphatic diseases Traditional medicine Systems of medicine Fruit Plant products Recipes Literary forms and genres Literature Medical sciences Dyes

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The volume was stamped by the Library on 11 Jun 1895.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Sydney Humphryes, 1646-c1668, comprising a volume containing 'receipts' or recipes compiled by Sydney Humphryes, although the volume contains a variety of other hands. Including recipes for fruit waters and hair dyes, as well as treatments for burns, vomiting, the plague, and scrofula.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction

No photocopying permitted.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Publication note

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Royal College of Surgeons of England

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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