The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes

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The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes. / Mullneritsch, Helga.
Yn: Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Cyfrol 14, 19.12.2017, t. 40-59.

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Mullneritsch, H 2017, 'The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes', Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies, cyfrol. 14, tt. 40-59.

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Mullneritsch, H. (2017). The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes. Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 14, 40-59.

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Mullneritsch H. 2017. The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes. Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 14:40-59.

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Mullneritsch, Helga. "The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes". Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2017, 14. 40-59.

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Mullneritsch H. The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes. Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2017 Rhag 19;14:40-59.

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Mullneritsch, Helga. / The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes. Yn: Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2017 ; Cyfrol 14. tt. 40-59.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes

AU - Mullneritsch, Helga

PY - 2017/12/19

Y1 - 2017/12/19

N2 - The idea that female scribes – probably members of the middle or upper-classes – made manuscript recipe books for a fee, without being part of the owner’s family, has been discussed in English- and German-language countries for several years. The tradition of making manuscript recipe books for weddings and other important dates in the life of a woman justifies the idea that money was spent to provide such a present, for example, if time was scarce. If the owner did not want to make the effort to write the book on their own, a professional scribe was commissioned to carry out the task for them. In doing so, a personalised book could be made, that was probably more expensive than a printed book, but exclusive and tailored to the customer’s wishes. Three Austrian manuscripts examined in this study serve as a first attempt to reflect about the possibility of female scribes, drawing on examples of women working as paid and unpaid copyists and scribes in the eighteenth-century. One of the volumes gives clear evidence of a professional female scribe penning the book, either for a customer or herself, and the other two imply that professionals had been commissioned.

AB - The idea that female scribes – probably members of the middle or upper-classes – made manuscript recipe books for a fee, without being part of the owner’s family, has been discussed in English- and German-language countries for several years. The tradition of making manuscript recipe books for weddings and other important dates in the life of a woman justifies the idea that money was spent to provide such a present, for example, if time was scarce. If the owner did not want to make the effort to write the book on their own, a professional scribe was commissioned to carry out the task for them. In doing so, a personalised book could be made, that was probably more expensive than a printed book, but exclusive and tailored to the customer’s wishes. Three Austrian manuscripts examined in this study serve as a first attempt to reflect about the possibility of female scribes, drawing on examples of women working as paid and unpaid copyists and scribes in the eighteenth-century. One of the volumes gives clear evidence of a professional female scribe penning the book, either for a customer or herself, and the other two imply that professionals had been commissioned.

M3 - Article

VL - 14

SP - 40

EP - 59

JO - Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies

JF - Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies

SN - 1652-4772

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