The

Forme of Cury,

A Roll

Of

Ancient English Cookery,

Compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the

Master-Cooks of King Richard II,

Presented afterwards to Queen Elizabeth,

by Edward Lord Stafford,

and now in the Possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq.

Illustrated with Notes,

And a copious Index, or Glossary. A Manuscript of the Editor, of the

same Age and Subject, with other congruous

Matters, are subjoined.

Forme of Cury

I also have a transcription of this text, thanks to Project Gutenberg. And eventually, the original text will be digitally available:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3061656/King-Richard-IIs-recipe-book-to-go-online.html

The digitized original should appear here: http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/inthebigynnyng/manuscript/ms7/

Click on the links below to jump to the appropriate page of the facsimile. Or you can download the entire book at once as a single (large) pdf file.

Don't know all the funny words? For a while, you can get free access to the University of Michigan Press Middle English Compendium. Also, you can look at a glossary of medieval and renaissance culinary terms.

Ancient Cookery. A. D. 1381.

Index and Glossary

Misc Material

Rolls of Provisions

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