Manuscript Recipe Books as Archaeological Objects: Text and Food in the Early Modern World

By Madeline Shanahan

This is a detailed study of Irish manuscript recipe books dating from the mid-seventeenth century to the close of the Georgian period (1830) from the perspective of historical archaeology. It is the first published study of the Irish collection of manuscript recipe books, as well as the first published archaeological study of the genre globally.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739191918
• ISBN13: 9780739191910
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"