Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 2342: German medical recipe book. University of Pennsylvania 2026-06-10 2026-06-10 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2342: German medical recipe book. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2342 9979563859403681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1568059157 Collection of medical recipes, including several using chocolate for pharmaceutical purposes (for example, f. 16r, 16v, 38v, 39r, 49r, 51r, 56r, 58v, 66v) and at least one using tobacco (f. 3v). The most frequent unit of measure used is the Lot or Loth, slightly more than half an ounce (Cabinet Chaptal). The first leaf of the first gathering is probably missing, and the first extant leaf is glued to the front flyleaf so that only the verso is visible (f. 1v). The text continues onto the inside of the lower cover. German with Latin terms German medical recipe book.

paper

 139 leaves : 190 x 145 mm bound to 192 x 155 mm

Paper, 139; 1⁸⁻¹(-1) 2-15⁸ 16⁴ 17-18⁸ (first and last gathering uncertain); [1-139], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; leaves 97-133 foliated 1-31 (skipping some numbers and leaving some leaves unfoliated) in early ink, upper right recto.

 Written in German cursive script by multiple hands.

Wooden boards with parchment covers; the parchment is a leaf from a 15th-century liturgical manuscript with musical notation (Cabinet Chaptal); two pairs of frayed ribbon ties.

Probably written in Germany, in the late 17th or early 18th century (Cabinet Chaptal).

between 1675 and 1725? Germany? Sold by Nicolas Malais/Cabinet Chaptal (Paris), 2024. Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800 Chocolate--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800 codices (bound manuscripts) Recipes Notated music waste Manuscripts, Latin--15th century Manuscripts, German--17th century Manuscripts, German--18th century Manuscripts, European