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This is an excerpt from Libre del Coch
(Spain, 1520 - Robin Carroll-Mann, trans.)
The original source can be found at Mark S. Harris' Florilegium

98. ELECTUARY OF SOUR CHERRIES FOR SICK PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THE DESIRE TO EAT. Take as many sour cherries as you wish and put them in a saucepan upon the fire; and cast them in water by themselves, and let them cook in that water until they turn very tender and appear white; and then throw out that water of theirs in which they cooked; and then take a sieve of very thin horsehair, in which you can strain them, and rub them so much with your hands that everything passes through. Then for each pound of these cherries prepared like this, take half a pound of sugar and mix it in your saucepan on a gentle fire, constantly stirring with a cane until they are cooked; and then put it aside; and put this electuary in a vessel of glazed earthenware, well-stoppered; if you wish, you can put some cloves and a little cinnamon in it.

Other versions of this recipe:

Electuary (Juwârish) of Mint (An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook)

Electuary of Cloves (An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook)

Electuary of Musk (An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook)

Electuary of Red Sandalwood (An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook)

Electuary of 'Ud Qimâri (An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook)

Electuary of White Sandalwood (An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook)