#baldsleechbook

from that time i found a risoprinter in osaka so i made a little zine using real recipes used in england over 1000 years ago, brought to you by my oc sanguine

the term "lǣċe-bōc", or "leechbook" in more modern english, more or less means "book of medicine". the zine is based on real recipes for maladies and sicknesses found in a book called Bald's Leechbook, as well as Lacnunga, which is a collection of Anglo Saxon medicial texts, charms and prayers. both these texts are extraordinary as they were both written about 1000 years ago and are some of very few if not the only surviving records of any medical practice in the dark ages in England. I really like the way the lines between what we might consider "magic" or "medical" are blurred in these texts, really making the world these recipes are from feel otherworldly and fantastical. this project was just an idea of how i could play with the texts. it was fun

i made a mistake in the printing files so the real zine covers are all hand finished in red pencil because i accidentally left out a layer 😭 but it made them all unique and special and i completely sold out