Women conventual apothecary

the recipes of Portuguese visitandinas (XVIII century)

Authors

  • Isabel Drumond Braga Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/CEF-v34n1-2021-6

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the apothecary recipes contended in a manuscript book written in a Portuguese convent of visitandinas, during the 18th century.  In this manuscript, the reader will find cooking recipes and other ones about hygiene, beauty and also medicines used at the time. This mixture was very common at the time in this type of documents. 

KEYWORDS: Apothecary. Convents. Nuns. Recipes. Portugal.

Author Biography

  • Isabel Drumond Braga , Universidade de Lisboa

    Professora associada com agregação. Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, CIDEHUS-UE e CH-ULisboa.

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Published

2021-08-01

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Mulheres em Portugal e no Império Português na segunda metade do século XVIII

How to Cite

Women conventual apothecary: the recipes of Portuguese visitandinas (XVIII century). (2021). Caderno Espaço Feminino, 34(1), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.14393/CEF-v34n1-2021-6