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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000792
TitleDame Mary Lister's Household Book
ShelfmarkMS 621
Creation Dateca. 1620 - 1650
RepositoryLeeds University Library, Special Collections (Brotherton Library)
Contents NoteManuscript written by many hands. Attributed to Dame Mary Lister, wife of Sir William Lister of Thornton, Yorkshire. Includes (1) household inventories and culinary and medical recipes by Mary Lister some of which are dated 1625-1635 (ff.11, 15-24, 39-40); (2) Recipes by Grace Bellasis (d.1659), Mary Lister's niece (ff.28-33); (3) Sermon on Joshua 7.20-21 dated 1625 (ff.158v-150); (4) catechism on Genesis 5-28, written in a variety of hands (ff.145v-88) (5) List of Mary Lister's books (f.160).
Material Features160 folios. Ff. 85v to the end is inverted. Written in a variety of hands, mainly clear. Signature on f.1 Ralph Crosbie.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Bellasis, Gracemanuscript owner - Lister (nee Belasyse), Mary
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataCatherine Evans; Leeds University Library Catalogue
Other NoteImages of entire manuscript are available via the Library Catalogue.
Sermons ContainedSermon on Joshua 7:20-21 -- ff. 150r-158v (written in reverse)
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5181University of Leeds digital record of the manuscript.
GEMMS record createdApril 19, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJuly 23, 2022