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Andalusia
An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook
(Andalusia, 13th c. - Charles Perry, trans.)
The original source can be found at
David Friedman's website
Denmark
Koge Bog
(Denmark, 1616 - Martin Forest, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Martin Forest's website
England
Ancient Cookery [Arundel 334]
(England, 1425)
The original source can be found at
R. Warner's "Antiquitates culinariae" (1791)
A Book of Cookrye
(England, 1591)
The original source can be found at
Mark and Jane Waks' website
Recipes from John Crophill's Commonplace Book
(England, 1485)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Delights for Ladies
(England, 1609)
The original source can be found at
Kirrily Robert's website
MS Douce 257
(England, 1381)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Forme of Cury
(England, 1390)
The original source can be found at
the Project Gutenberg website
Fourme of Curye [Rylands MS 7]
(England, 1390)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Gentyll manly Cokere (MS Pepys 1047)
(England, ca. 1500)
The original source can be found at
James L. Matterer's website
The Good Housewife's Jewell
(England, 1596)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Liber cure cocorum [Sloane MS 1986]
(England, 1430)
The original source can be found at
Thomas Gloning's website
A NEVV BOOKE of Cookerie
(England, 1615)
The original source can be found at
Thomas Gloning's website
A Noble Boke off Cookry
(England, 1468)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye
(England, mid-16th c.)
The original source can be found at
Thomas Gloning's website
MS Royal 12.C.xii
(England/France, 1340 - D. Myers, trans.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
The Second part of the good Hus-wiues Iewell
(England, 1597)
The original source can be found at
the University of Michigan's "Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse"
Thomas Awkbarow's Recipes (MS Harley 5401)
(England, 15th century)
[based on a concordance]
The original source can be found at
Thomas Gloning's website
The Treasurie of commodious Conceits
(England, 1573 - J. Holloway, transcr.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery-Books
(England, 1430)
The original source can be found at
the University of Michigan's "Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse"
Recipes from the Wagstaff Miscellany
(England, 1460)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
France
Du fait de cuisine
(France, 1420 - Elizabeth Cook, trans.)
The original source can be found at
David Friedman's website
Enseignements qui enseingnent a apareillier toutes manieres de viandes
(France, ca. 1300 - D. Myers, trans.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Le Menagier de Paris
(France, 1393 - Janet Hinson, trans.)
The original source can be found at
David Friedman's website
Ouverture de Cuisine
(France, 1604 - Daniel Myers, trans.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Le Recueil de Riom
(France, 15th century)
The original source can be found at
Jennifer Soucy's website
Le Viandier de Taillevent
(France, ca. 1380 - James Prescott, trans.)
The original source can be found at
James Prescott's website
Germany
Alte Kochrezepte aus dem bayrischen
(Germany, ~1500 - V. Bach, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Stefan's Florilegium
Ein Buch von guter spise
(Germany, ca. 1345 - Alia Atlas, trans.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Das Kochbuch des Meisters Eberhard
(Germany, 15th century - V. Bach, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Mark S. Harris' Florilegium
Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin
(Germany, 16th century - V. Armstrong, trans.)
The original source can be found at
David Friedman's website
Registrum Coquine
(Germany, ~1430 - V. Bach, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Volker bach's Website
Hungary
The Prince of Transylvania's Court Cookbook
(Hungary, 16th c.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Italy
An Anonymous Tuscan Cookery Book
(Italy, ~1400 - Ariane Helou, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Ariane Helou's website
Due Libri di Cucina - Libro B
(Italy, 15th c. - Rebecca Friedman, trans.)
The original source can be found at
David Friedman's website
Libro di cucina / Libro per cuoco
(Italy, 14th/15th c. - Louise Smithson, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Louise Smithson's website
The Neapolitan recipe collection
(Italy, 15th c - T. Scully, trans.)
The original source can be found at
University of Michigan Digital General Collection
Netherlands
Een notabel boecxken van cokeryen
(Netherlands, ca. 1510 - C. van Tets, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Willy Van Cammeren's website
Wel ende edelike spijse
(Dutch, late 15th c. - Christianne Muusers, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Christianne Muusers's website
Portugal
A Treatise of Portuguese Cuisine from the 15th Century
(Portugal, 15th c. - Fernanda Gomes, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Lochac Cooks' Guild Website
Spain
Libre del Coch
(Spain, 1520 - Robin Carroll-Mann, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Mark S. Harris' Florilegium