Here's a lovely Webpage on surviving cookery manuscripts that you could steal some recipes from.
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
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Betsy HP - Jul 22, 2003 9:26:31 am PDT #1741 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
amych - Jul 22, 2003 9:29:42 am PDT #1742 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
IIRC, even printed books weren't commonly sold bound until sometime in the 19th century. You'd buy the printed sheets, and have your own binding put on them.
Given that, I very seriously doubt that bound blank books were around much before then -- keeping notes on loose paper and binding or tying them together after they were written is what I'd expect.
deborah grabien - Jul 22, 2003 9:30:11 am PDT #1743 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Betsy, that one's fun. And yup, definitely her household book. But it would also have the full story of her systematic rape and takeover by Andrew Leight, insofar as she can bring herself to write it down.
Betsy HP - Jul 22, 2003 9:32:42 am PDT #1744 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Look up what Pepys's journal was written on. That's contemporary.
deborah grabien - Jul 22, 2003 9:34:09 am PDT #1745 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Damn! Excellent point. Thanks and off to hunt.
deborah grabien - Jul 22, 2003 9:37:30 am PDT #1746 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hmmm. OK, from the Bowdoin library, in the special collections:
John Cotton: (1584-1652). "Commentary on the First Epistle of John," by John Cotton, first minister of Boston. On paper. 1 v. (376 p.); 30 cm. Undated [17th c.]. Bound in early calf, sides outlined in gilt rules with gilt design in center, brass clasps and catches missing, back with bands, the compartments decorated in gilt. Two columns of text per page.
Paul V (1552-1621). Bull, "Dilecto Filio Officiali Zamorensi ..." Abolishing a monastery of St. James at Zamora in Spain. On vellum. 1 item (l leaf); 79 x 98 cm. September 1609. Bottom edge folded up, seal attached. Leafwork on top margin and part of left margin. Not in Bullarium Romanum or Bullarium Dominicanorum Accompanying this document is a note in the hand of George T. Little, a former Librarian of the College, which states, in part: "Sacked in Napoleonic wars, taken by French invader."
Concerning Shipp money. On paper. 1 v. (660 p.); 29 cm. 1638. Bound in early vellum. Contains the opinions of Baron Weston; Judges Crawley, Berkley, and Vernon; Baron Trevor; Judges Crook, Jones, and Hutton; Barons Denham and Davenport; Lord Finch; and Lord Chiefe Justice Bramstone.
Early vellum, vellum, calfskin.
Betsy HP - Jul 22, 2003 9:42:41 am PDT #1747 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Bound in vellum, not written on vellum. [Cept for the Papal Bull.]
I haven't had any joy with Google, other to note that Pepys's diary was part of his bequest to Magdalene College, Cambridge, and is in six bound volumes.
deborah grabien - Jul 22, 2003 9:51:43 am PDT #1748 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Katie M - Jul 22, 2003 5:54:47 pm PDT #1749 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
There's a specific name for this sort of housewife's book and I'm blanking on it.
Commonplace book? Or is that something else?
deborah grabien - Jul 28, 2003 4:29:58 pm PDT #1750 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hmmm. I tink I'm going to go with paper and have her have tied it into a bundle and wrapped it in silk - or would unbleached muslin be better? It needs to be found in at least a readable condition nearly four centuries later..
Katie, commonplace books appear to be something else entirely: