Fonds GB 0113 MS-WIGGS - WIGGES, Sarah: recipe book of medical receipts

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GB 0113 MS-WIGGS

Title

WIGGES, Sarah: recipe book of medical receipts

Date(s)

  • 1616 (Creation)

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1 item

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Unknown

Archival history

GB 0113 MS-WIGGS 1616 fonds 1 item Wigges , Sarah , fl 1616

Unknown

Bequeathed by Dr D Lloyd Roberts, 1920.

Sarah Wigges' recipe book of medical receipts, 1616, including a receipt for "A swift medicine for an ague, by Dr. Gulston," and "Annotations and practicall receipts and processes taken out of Basil Valentin his Triumph wagon of Antimony." Also "Receipts out of ye breviary of health compiled by Andrew Boord, Do in Phisick, on Englishman, imprinted at London 1587" and remedies from Dr. Pratt and Nich. Culpeper. Pages 340-484 and 574-619 are in a later hand than the rest of the MS.

Towards the end of the volume there are 53 pages (with separate pagination) devoted to cookery receipts. These appear to be in the handwriting of "Mo. Wigges" who is, apparently, the daughter of the first owner of the book. There are indexes both at the beginning and at the end of the volume.

As outlined in the Scope and Content.

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

English

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.

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 Literature Literary forms and genres Recipes Pharmacology Medicine, herbal Medicine, traditional Culture Wigges , Sarah , fl 1616

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequeathed by Dr D Lloyd Roberts, 1920.

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Scope and content

Sarah Wigges' recipe book of medical receipts, 1616, including a receipt for "A swift medicine for an ague, by Dr. Gulston," and "Annotations and practicall receipts and processes taken out of Basil Valentin his Triumph wagon of Antimony." Also "Receipts out of ye breviary of health compiled by Andrew Boord, Do in Phisick, on Englishman, imprinted at London 1587" and remedies from Dr. Pratt and Nich. Culpeper. Pages 340-484 and 574-619 are in a later hand than the rest of the MS.

Towards the end of the volume there are 53 pages (with separate pagination) devoted to cookery receipts. These appear to be in the handwriting of "Mo. Wigges" who is, apparently, the daughter of the first owner of the book. There are indexes both at the beginning and at the end of the volume.

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Accruals

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As outlined in the Scope and Content.

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Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

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Royal College of Physicians

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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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  • English

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