Medieval Cookery - Online Cookbooks
England
A list of texts freely available online relating to medieval food and cooking. Texts with the date marked in green are from the years 800 to 1500 - the approximate range of the medieval period in Europe. Other texts are included here for their value in researching medieval cuisine.
| Title | Author | Language | Source Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th c. |
MS Add 32085
[broken link - archive] |
C. Hieatt, R. Jones (eds.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
FRM / RUS | translation |
| 1340 |
MS Royal 12.C.xii
[broken link - archive] |
C. Hieatt, R. Jones (eds.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
FRM / RUS | translation |
| 1340 |
MS Royal 12.C.xii
|
C. Hieatt, R. Jones (eds.) D. Myers (trans.) |
ENG | translation |
| 1340 |
MS Royal 12.C.xii
|
unknown |
XNO | facsimile |
| 1381 |
MS Douce 257
(from Curye on Inglysch) [broken link - archive] |
C. Hieatt, S. Butler (eds.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 1390 |
Forme of Cury
(1780 edition) |
S. Pegge (ed.) |
ENM | facsimilie |
| 1390 |
Forme of Cury
(1780 edition) |
S. Pegge (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1390 |
Forme of Cury
(Add MS 5016) |
Chef Maister Cokes of kyng Richard the Secunde |
ENM | facsimilie |
| 1390 |
Fourme of Cury
(John Rylands University Library, English MS 7) |
D. Myers (transcr.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1390 |
Fourme of Cury
(John Rylands University Library, English MS 7) |
unknown |
ENM | facsimilie |
| 14th c. |
Forme of Cury
(from Curye on Inglysch) [broken link - archive] |
C. Hieatt, S. Butler (eds.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 14th c. |
MS Add 46919
(from Curye on Inglysch) [broken link - archive] |
C. Hieatt, S. Butler (eds.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 14th c. |
MS Sloane 468
(from Curye on Inglysch) [broken link - archive] |
C. Hieatt, S. Butler (eds.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 1425 |
Ancient Cookery
(Arundel 334, in "Antiquitates culinariae") |
R. Warner (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1430 |
Liber cure cocorum
(Sloane MS 1986) |
R. Morris (ed.) C. Renfrow (trans.) |
ENM / ENG | transcription / translation |
| 1430 |
Liber cure cocorum
(Sloane MS 1986) |
R. Morris (ed.) T. Gloning (transcr.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1430 |
Liber cure cocorum
(Sloane MS 1986) |
R. Morris (ed.) |
ENM | facsimile |
| 1430 |
Liber cure cocorum
(Sloane MS 1986) |
R. Morris (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1435 |
Harleian MS 279
(from Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books) [broken link - archive] |
T. Austin (ed.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 1450 |
Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery-Books
|
T. Austin (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1450 |
Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery-Books
|
T. Austin (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1460 |
John Russell's Book of Nurture
(Harl. MS. 4011, Fol. 171) |
F. Furnivall (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1460 |
John Russell's Book of Nurture
(from The Babees' Book) |
E. Rickert (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1460 |
Recipes from the Wagstaff Miscellany
(Beinecke MS 163) |
D. Myers (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| ~1468 |
A Noble Boke off Cookry
(Holkham MSS 674) |
R. Napier (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| ~1468 |
A Noble Boke off Cookry
(Holkham MSS 674) |
R. Napier (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| ~1468 |
A Noble Boke off Cookry
(Holkham MSS 674) |
R. Napier (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1485 |
Recipes from John Crophill's Commonplace Book
(Harley MS 1735) |
D. Myers (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 15th c. |
Ashmole MS 1439
(from Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books) [broken link - archive] |
T. Austin (ed.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 15th c. |
Laud MS 553
(from Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books) [broken link - archive] |
T. Austin (ed.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 15th c. |
MS Harley 5401
|
C. Hieatt (transcr.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 15th c. |
MS Harley 5401
|
S. Wallace (trans.) |
ENM / ENG | translation |
| 15th c. |
MS Pepys 1047
[broken link - archive] |
S. Pepys (ed.) S. Kryzhanovsky (trans.) |
ENM / RUS | translation |
| 1508 |
The Book of Kervynge
|
Wynkyn de Worde |
ENM | facsimile |
| 1508 |
The Book of Kervynge
|
Wynkyn de Worde |
ENM | transcription |
| 1508 |
The Book of Kervynge
|
Wynkyn de Worde |
ENM | transcription |
| 1557 |
A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye
|
C.F. Frere (ed.) T. Gloning (transcr.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1557 |
A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye
|
C.F. Frere (ed.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1567 |
The commonplace book of Countess Katherine Seymour Hertford
(University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 823) |
D. Myers (transcr.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1573 |
The Treasurie of commodious Conceits
|
J. Partridge J. Holloway (transcr.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1575 |
A Proper New Booke of Cookery
|
A. Veale |
ENG | transcription |
| 1587 |
The good husvvifes ievvell
|
T. Dawson |
ENG | transcription |
| 1588 |
The good hous-wiues treasurie
|
(unknown) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1588 |
The widowes treasure
|
J. Partridge |
ENG | transcription |
| 1591 |
A Book of Cookrye
(STC 24897) |
M. Waks, J. Waks (ed.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1594 |
The good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin
|
S. Wallace (ed.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1594 |
The good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin
|
T. Gloning (transcr.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1596 |
The Good Huswifes Jewell
|
T. Dawson (ed.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1597 |
The Second part of the good Hus-wiues Iewell
|
T. Dawson (ed.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1608 |
A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen
|
J. Holloway (ed.) |
ENM | transcription |
| 1608 |
A closet for ladies and gentlevvomen
|
(unknown) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1615 |
A NEVV BOOKE of Cookerie
|
J. Murrell T. Gloning (transcr.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1644 |
Delights for Ladies
|
Hugh Plat |
ENG | transcription |
| 1649 |
The English House-wife
|
G. Markham |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1649 |
The English House-wife
|
G. Markham |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1654 |
The art of cookery refin'd
|
J. Cooper |
ENG | transcription |
| 1655 |
Healths improvement
|
Thomas Moffett |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1656 |
The Compleat Cook
|
(unknown) |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1656 |
The Compleat Cook
|
(unknown) |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1659 |
The Queens closet opened
|
(unknown) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1664 |
The cook's guide
|
H. Woolley |
ENG | transcription |
| 1668 |
Choice and experimented receipts
|
K. Digby |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1669 |
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
|
K. Digby |
ENG | transcription |
| 1669 |
The closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelme Digbie
|
K. Digby |
ENG | transcription |
| 1670 |
The queen-like closet
|
H. Woolley |
ENG | transcription |
| 1671 |
The closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelme Digby, Kt., opened
|
K. Digby |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1675 |
The Accomplish'd lady's delight
|
H. Woolley |
ENG | transcription |
| 1675 |
The English House-wife
|
G. Markham |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1682 |
A treatise of cleanness in meats and drinks
|
Thomas Tryon |
ENG | facsimile |
| 1683 |
The English Housewife
[archive link] |
G. Markham K. Robert (Transcr.) |
ENG | transcription |
| 1685 |
The Accomplisht Cook
|
R. May |
ENG | transcription |
Languages are indicated using the 3-letter ISO Language Codes .
ARA = Arabic
CAT = Catalan
DAN = Danish
DEU = German
DUM = Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
ENG = English
ENM = English, Middle (ca. 1100-1500)
FRE = French
FRM = French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
ITA = Italian
RUS = Russian
SPA = Spanish
XNO = Anglo-Norman