Conveying Cures

Wellcome Western Ms. 213, Liber Comitissae Arundeliae, London, Wellcome Collection Lady Arundel's collection of recipes consists primarily of remedies for a wide variety of diseases. The collection goes back to a handwritten book that Aletheia Talbot received as a wedding gift in 1606 from her mother-in-law Anne Dacre Howard, Countess of Arundel, now named Wellcome Western Ms. 213. It also contains instructions for distilling, some recipes for cakes and pies, for gardening and horse breedi..