An early modern Portuguese recipe book of pharmaceutical “secrets”

By Amy Buono Colleçção de varias receitas de segredos particulares des principaes boticas da nossa companhia de Portugal, da Índia, de Macao e do Brasil compostas e experimentadas pelos melhores medicos e Boticarios mais celebres que tem havido nestas partes aumentada com alguns indices, e noticias muito curiozas, e necessarias para a boa direcção e … Continue reading An early modern Portuguese recipe book of pharmaceutical “secrets”

Dipping Into Ink

By Carrie Griffin I’ve recently been doing some work on late-medieval recipes that are connected to the production of the material text. I became interested in these short but absorbing instructions while writing a book on practical and instructional writing, in which I have included a chapter on recipes and instructions for ink-making, parchment-making, colour … Continue reading Dipping Into Ink