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A Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain
- Author / compiler
- William Withering
- Publisher / archive
- M. Swinney
William Withering's botanical survey of British plants, including their characteristics, habitats and practical uses. It is relevant to the history of obtaining a sweet substance from hogweed and using it in the distillation of an alcoholic drink.
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A nievve herball, or, Historie of plantes
- Author / compiler
- Rembert Dodoens; Henry Lyte
- Publisher / archive
- Gerard Dewes
Henry Lyte's English translation of Rembert Dodoens' influential herbal. The book describes plants, their properties and uses and provides an early printed source for European knowledge of hogweed.
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Ad orationem Andreae Volani, qua et errores in Ecclesia Romana, si diis placet, repraehendit, et pontificem ad deferendum pontificatum adhortatur, Ioannis Bobola in Academia Vilnensi Societatis Iesu studiosi responsio
- Author / compiler
- Ioannes Bobola (Wojciech Rościszewski)
- Publisher / archive
- Drukarnia Akademii Societatis Iesu
A Latin religious polemic by the Jesuit Wojciech Rościszewski, published under the pseudonym Ioannes Bobola. It responds to Andrzej Wolan's arguments concerning the Roman Church and papal authority around the turn of the seventeenth century. No direct connection with brewing history has been established.
Original / digital copyAeneas Silvius in Europam
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- Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pius II); Michael Christan
- Publisher / archive
- Albrecht Kunne
A geographical and historical work by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, dealing with the countries, peoples and political geography of Europe. This record refers to the first printed edition issued by Albrecht Kunne at Memmingen in 1491. In the study it is among the sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński in connection with honey-rich Podolia.
Original / digital copyAntoni Tyzenhauz : podskarbi nadworny litewski. T. 1
- Author / compiler
- Stanisław Kościałkowski
- Publisher / archive
- Wydawnictwo Społeczności Akademickiej Uniwersytetu Stefana Batorego w Londynie
The first volume of Stanisław Kościałkowski's extensive historical study of Antoni Tyzenhauz, Court Treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and an economic reformer of the second half of the eighteenth century. The work examines his activities in the political and economic context of the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. It provides historical context for research into regional economic development, royal estates, manufactories and the development of brewing.
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Antoni Tyzenhauz : podskarbi nadworny litewski. T. 2
- Author / compiler
- Stanisław Kościałkowski
- Publisher / archive
- Wydawnictwo Społeczności Akademickiej Uniwersytetu Stefana Batorego w Londynie
The second volume of Stanisław Kościałkowski's historical study of Antoni Tyzenhauz and his activities in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. The volume addresses eighteenth-century public administration, finance and Tyzenhauz's economic activities. It provides a research foundation for examining economic reforms, the organization of production and the historical conditions in which brewing and malting developed.
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Antonii Le Grand Historia Naturæ, variis Experimentis & Ratiociniis elucidata, secundum Principia stabilita in Institutione Philosophiæ edita ab eodem Authore. Editio Secunda
- Author / compiler
- Antoine Le Grand
- Publisher / archive
- Impensis Johannis Ziegeri; Typis Christophori Gerhardi
A natural-philosophical work by Antoine Le Grand, based on Cartesian principles and devoted to explaining natural phenomena through observations, experiments and reasoning. For the history of honey, it is relevant for its discussion of the bees' ability to transform collected plant material into honey, subsequently cited by Gabriel Rzączyński.
Original / digital copyArchiwum Tyzenhauzów
- Publisher / archive
- Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych (AGAD)
An archival collection of the Tyzenhauz family held at the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw (AGAD), reference 1/351/0. It contains family, property, administrative and economic records and correspondence, including materials relating to Antoni Tyzenhauz and the Grodno royal estate. The collection provides primary-source material for studying economic activity, manufactories, brewing and the organization of production in the eighteenth-century Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Archontologia cosmica, sive imperiorum, regnorum, principatuum, rerumque publicarum omnium per totum terrarum orbem commentarii luculentissimi
- Author / compiler
- Pierre d'Avity; Johann Ludwig Gottfried
- Publisher / archive
- Lucas Jennis
A Latin historical and geographical description of states and regions of the world, prepared by Johann Ludwig Gottfried from the work of Pierre d’Avity and supplemented with additional material. Its description of Lithuania includes the voivodeships of Minsk, Nowogródek and Brest and notes an abundance of wax and honey. Descriptions of neighbouring lands also mention forest bees and honey found in hollow trees, rock cavities and pits in the ground. The work is valuable for studying natural resources, beekeeping and honey culture in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyAstronomica : I. Institutio astronomica cum oratione inaugurali. II. Observationes caelestes. III. Mercurius in sole visus & Venus invisa. IV. Novem stellae circa Iovem visae. V. Solstitialis altitudo massiliensis
- Author / compiler
- Pierre Gassendi; Henri Louis Habert de Montmor
- Publisher / archive
- sumptibus Laurentii Anisson & Ioan. Bapt. Devenet
The fourth volume of Pierre Gassendi's collected works, containing his astronomical writings and observations. It is used as an early modern scientific source for historical ideas about nature and the transformation of plant substances.
Original / digital copyAtlas Kościoła łacińskiego w Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów w XVIII wieku = The atlas of the Latin Church in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century
- Author / compiler
- Stanisław Litak
- Publisher / archive
- Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II
A historical and cartographic atlas of the Latin Church in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the eighteenth century. It enables the location of ecclesiastical institutions and religious houses across the Commonwealth.
Atlas minor Gerardi Mercatoris, à I. Hondio plurimis aeneis tabulis auctus et illustratus: denuo recognitus, additisque novis delineationibus emendatus
- Author / compiler
- Gerardus Mercator; Jodocus Hondius
- Publisher / archive
- Ex officina Ioannis Ianssonii
An abridged atlas by Gerardus Mercator, revised and expanded by Jodocus Hondius and reissued in Amsterdam in 1634. It contains maps and geographical descriptions of countries and regions of Europe and other parts of the world. In this study it is among the geographical sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński when discussing the natural wealth of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and neighbouring regions.
Original / digital copyAtlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
- Author / compiler
- Gerardus Mercator
- Publisher / archive
- Albertus Busius; haeredes Gerardi Mercatoris Rupelmundani
Gerardus Mercator’s atlas and cosmographical work, published posthumously in 1595. In its description of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and neighbouring territories, the work notes large quantities of wax and honey produced by wild bees in the forests. It provides an independent sixteenth-century account of the importance of forest beekeeping and natural honey resources in Lithuania.
Original / digital copyAugerii Gislenii Busbequii Legationis Turcicae epistolae IV. De re militari contra Turcam consilium
- Author / compiler
- Augerius Gislenius Busbequius
- Publisher / archive
- Anna Bergia; Raphael Sadeler
Four letters describing Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq's diplomatic mission to the Ottoman Empire, accompanied by a treatise on military affairs. An important source for the history of diplomacy, travel, and European perceptions of the Ottoman world, offering context for early modern cultural and commercial contacts.
Original / digital copyBemerkungen über Rußland, besonders einige Provinzen dieses Reichs und ihre Naturgeschichte betreffend, nebst einer kurzgefaßten Geschichte der Zaporoger Kosaken, Bessarabiens, der Moldau und der Krimm
- Author / compiler
- Leyon Pierce Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen
- Publisher / archive
- bei Friedrich Christian Dürr
The original German edition of the travel, historical-geographical and natural-history observations of Baron Leyon Pierce Balthasar von Campenhausen. The book deals with several regions of the Russian Empire, their natural environment and inhabitants, and also includes short historical accounts of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Bessarabia, Moldavia and Crimea. For research into the history of brewing in the territory of present-day Belarus, it is valuable as an early nineteenth-century primary source based on the author's travel observations.
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Bibliografia polska. 140,000 druków. Część III. Tom VIII. Lit. K. (Ogólnego zbioru tom XIX)
- Author / compiler
- Karol Estreicher
- Publisher / archive
- Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem Józefa Filipowskiego
A volume of the fundamental Polish bibliography covering entries under the letter K. It contains bibliographic records of historical publications and can be used to identify and verify editions of works by Jan Amos Comenius.
Original / digital copyBiblioteka i archiwum Radziwiłłów w Białej Podlaskiej
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- Wanda Karkucińska
- Publisher / archive
- Uniwersytet Warszawski
A study of the history of the Radziwiłł library and archive in Biała Podlaska and the composition of this magnate book collection. Catalogue evidence documents works by Comenius, including a 1714 edition of Orbis Sensualium Pictus.
Original / digital copyBibliotheca, seu Cynosura Peregrinantium, hoc est Viatorium Omnium hactenus editorum absolutissimum, iucundissimum, utilissimumque
- Author / compiler
- David Frölich
- Publisher / archive
- Wolffgangus Endterus
David Frölich's extensive guide for travellers, combining geographical, historical and practical information on countries, cities and travel. It is a valuable source for the geography and everyday culture of seventeenth-century Europe.
Original / digital copyBibliothecae academicae anni 1718, qua disputationes, orationes et programmata hoc anno vel primum edita vel recusa recensentur
- Publisher / archive
- Novum Bibliopolium
An early-eighteenth-century academic bibliographical periodical reviewing disputations, orations, programmes and other university publications. It is used in the research as an early printed source concerning the use of hogweed.
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Bon Appétit
- Author / compiler
- Anon
- Publisher / archive
- Condé Nast
An issue of the American food magazine Bon Appétit from 2002 in which, according to later publications, J. K. Rowling answered a question about the intended flavour of Butterbeer. The exact article title and author have not yet been verified from the original issue.
Browar w Dojlidach 1628 r.
- Author / compiler
- Andrzej Kalinowski (redakcja i korekta)
- Publisher / archive
- Kompania Piwowarska SA
A Polish historical publication issued in 2022, devoted to the inventory of the Dojlidy estate, compiled on 17 November 1628 in the possessions of Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł. The book reproduces and discusses the historical document, providing evidence for the study of a magnate estate's organisation in the first half of the seventeenth century. Of particular interest to brewing history are records concerning the brewery, malthouse, estate buildings, equipment and production infrastructure in Dojlidy, now part of Białystok, Poland.
Clavdii Galeni Pergameni Opera, iam recens versa; quorum catalogum proxima indicabit pagina
- Author / compiler
- Claudius Galenus; Johannes Sturm
- Publisher / archive
- Ex aedibus And. Cratandri
A Latin edition of the works of the ancient physician Claudius Galenus, published in Basel in 1531. In this study it is used as a source for ancient ideas about the nature and origin of honey cited by Gabriel Rzączyński.
Original / digital copyCosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Lovanienses Medicum & Mathematicum insignem, jam demum ab omnibus vendicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta, figurisque novis illustrata
- Author / compiler
- Petrus Apianus; Gemma Frisius
- Publisher / archive
- Vivant Gaultherot
A cosmographical work by the German mathematician and cartographer Petrus Apianus, revised and expanded by the mathematician and cartographer Gemma Frisius. The Paris edition of 1553 contains geographical and astronomical information about the early modern world. In this study it is used among the geographical sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński in his descriptions of Eastern European territories and their natural resources.
Original / digital copyCuriosiora et selectiora variarum scientiarum miscellanea
- Author / compiler
- Martinus Szentiványi
- Publisher / archive
- Typis Academicis
A multivolume encyclopedic collection by the Jesuit Martin Szentiványi, covering natural philosophy, mathematics, chronology, and practical knowledge. It offers context for studying scientific and economic thought around the turn of the eighteenth century, including beverage production.
Original / digital copyCurlandiae quaedam memorabilia
- Author / compiler
- Rosinus Lentilius
- Publisher / archive
- Academia Naturae Curiosorum; Sumptibus Johannis Friderici Gleditschii [et al.]
A publication by the German physician Rosinus Lentilius concerning the natural and everyday characteristics of Courland, based on his observations in the region. It appeared in an appendix to the scientific periodical Miscellanea curiosa and contains information on the natural environment, animals and local practices of Courland. For beverage history it is particularly important for Lentilius's description of two varieties of Courland mead, one of which was compared in sweetness and intoxicating strength to fine Spanish wine.
Original / digital copyDas büch der gemeinen. landpot. Landsordnüng. Satzüng. vnd Gebreüch, des Fürstennthumbs. in Obern. vnd Nidern Bairn. Jm Funftzehnhundert vnd Sechtzehendem Jar aufgericht
- Publisher / archive
- [Schobser]
A printed collection of Bavarian territorial ordinances and regulations issued in 1516. It is a primary source for the history of brewing regulation in Bavaria and provides the legislative context later associated with the tradition commonly known as the Bavarian beer purity law.
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De animalibus insectis libri septem: cum singulorum iconibus ad viuum expressis
- Author / compiler
- Ulisse Aldrovandi
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Ioan. Bapt. Bellagambam, cum consensu superiorum
A natural-history work by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi devoted to insects and published in Bologna in 1602. It is one of the early specialised works on entomology. In the study it is used among the sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński in the discussion of Podolia and the region's abundance of honey.
Original / digital copyDe cervisiis potibusque et ebriaminibus extra vinum aliis commentarius. Accedit Adr. Turnebi libellus de vino
- Author / compiler
- Johann Heinrich Meibom; Heinrich Meibom; Adrianus Turnebus
- Publisher / archive
- Johannis Heitmulleri
A posthumously published treatise by Johann Heinrich Meibom on beer and other intoxicating drinks other than grape wine. The edition also contains Adrianus Turnebus's treatise on wine and is an important source for the history of seventeenth-century alcoholic beverages.
Original / digital copyDe medicamentis officinalibus, tam simplicibus quam compositis: libri duo
- Author / compiler
- Caspar Hofmann
- Publisher / archive
- Goetz
Caspar Hofmann's Latin medical and pharmacological work on simple and compound medicinal substances. It is relevant to brewing history because of its discussion of hogweed in Lithuania in a brewing context.
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De natura cerevisiarum et de mulso
- Author / compiler
- Johann Placotomus
An early medical and natural-philosophical treatise by Johann Placotomus on the nature of beer and mead. Written at Königsberg in the mid-sixteenth century, it is particularly relevant to the history of brewing and mead-making in Northern and Eastern Europe.
De origine et situ Germanorum
- Author / compiler
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Tacitus's ancient ethnographic and geographical work traditionally known as Germania. It describes the lands, peoples, economy, customs and natural environment of Central and Northern Europe in the late first century CE.
Original / digital copyDe proprietatibus rerum
- Author / compiler
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus
- Publisher / archive
- Nicolaus Philippi; Marcus Reinhart
A medieval encyclopaedia by Bartholomaeus Anglicus on the properties of the natural world; this record refers to the Lyon edition printed in 1480. In the study it appears among the early sources used by Gabriel Rzączyński when presenting accounts of the abundance of honey in the lands described as Polonia.
Original / digital copyDe re rustica
- Author / compiler
- L. Iunius Moderatus Columella
- Publisher / archive
- The Packard Humanities Institute
An agricultural treatise by the Roman author Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, written in the first century AD. It consists of twelve books covering various aspects of agriculture. Book IX includes a discussion of beekeeping. In Chapter 4, the modern text lists linden (tilia) among trees suitable for bees, while yew (taxus) is explicitly rejected as harmful. This passage is used to verify the reference to Columella in the sixteenth-century treatise by Ioannes Placotomus.
Original / digital copyDe tuenda bona ualetudine, libellus Eobani Hessi / commentarijs doctissimis illustratus à Ioanne Placotomo ... ; eiusdem De natura & uiribus cereuisiarum, & mulsarum, opusculum ; De causis, praeseruatione, & curatione ebrietatis, dissertationes. Coena Baptistae Fierae, de herbarum uirtutibus, et ea medicae artis parte, quae in uictus ratione consistit. Strabi Galli poëtae Hortulus amoenissimus.
- Author / compiler
- Helius Eobanus Hessus; Ioannes Placotomus
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Chr. Egen.
A Latin medical and dietary volume published in 1554, containing Helius Eobanus Hessus's De tuenda bona valetudine with commentaries by Ioannes Placotomus, as well as Placotomus's treatise De natura et viribus cerevisiarum et mulsarum on the nature and properties of beer and honey-based drinks. Of particular value for the history of brewing are its descriptions of regional beers, including Polish and Lithuanian varieties, and its discussion of honey-based beverages.
Original / digital copyDer Stadt Dantzig Historische Beschreibung, worinnen von dero Uhrsprung, Situation, Regierungs-Art, geführten Kriegen, Religions- und Kirchenwesen ausführlich gehandelt wird
- Author / compiler
- Reinhold Curicke
- Publisher / archive
- Johan und Gillis Janssons von Waesberge
A detailed historical account of Danzig (modern Gdańsk), covering its origins, administration, wars, and religious institutions. It provides important historical context for this Baltic trading center and the economic environment of its brewing industry.
Original / digital copyDisputatio medica de atrophia
- Author / compiler
- Henricus à Bobart; Theodorus Craanen (praeses)
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Viduam & Heredes Joannis Elzevirii, Academiæ Typograph.
A Latin medical disputation on atrophy, presented by Henricus à Bobart under the presidency of Leiden University professor Theodorus Craanen and printed in Leiden in 1677. It is relevant to the history of beverages for its references to Lithuanian mead (mulsum Lituanicum) in a medical context and its comparison with wine.
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Dn̄i mesus vita. Doctorum artis peonie cognomina. Canōes divi Mesue de (con)solatione medicinarū et correctione operationū earūdem. Grabadin eiusdem Mesue medicinarum universaliū quod antidotaiū nuncupatur. Liber eiusdem medicinarum particularium
- Author / compiler
- Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh; Petrus de Abano; Nicolaus Salernitanus; Copho; Jacques Despars
- Publisher / archive
- Benoît Bonyn
A Latin medical compendium combining works attributed to Mesue with writings by other medieval physicians, including Petrus de Abano, Nicolaus Salernitanus, Copho and Jacques Despars. It was printed in Lyon in 1523.
Original / digital copyEin new Kochbuch
- Author / compiler
- Marx Rumpolt
- Publisher / archive
- Marx Rumpolt und Sigmund Feyerabend
A German cookery book by Marx Rumpolt, published in Frankfurt am Main in 1581. It contains several recipes for beer soups using eggs, butter, bread, caraway and other ingredients. It is an early European primary source for the comparative study of hot beer-based dishes.
Original / digital copyElektroniczny słownik języka polskiego XVII i XVIII wieku
- Author / compiler
- Pracownia Historii Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII wieku IJP PAN
- Publisher / archive
- Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
An electronic historical dictionary of the Polish language of the 17th and 18th centuries. The entry BANIA (variant BANIJA) documents the term's use for vessels and equipment associated with alcohol distillation. Useful for interpreting distilling terminology in historical inventories.
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Encyklopedja staropolska ilustrowana
- Author / compiler
- Zygmunt Gloger
- Publisher / archive
- P. Laskauer i W. Babicki
Zygmunt Gloger’s illustrated encyclopedia of Old Polish culture, published in Warsaw between 1900 and 1903. Its entry “Gramatka” discusses names and methods for preparing a thick dish based on beer or wine and bread and cites information from earlier sources. It is an important secondary source for the terminology and history of gramatka.
Original / digital copyEtymologiae
- Author / compiler
- Isidorus Hispalensis
Isidore of Seville's twenty-book encyclopaedic work systematising knowledge inherited from Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. It includes material on nature, plants, animals, food, beverages and the origins of terminology.
Original / digital copyFischer’s Plants in folk beliefs and customs: a previously unknown contribution to the ethnobotany of the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian borderland
- Author / compiler
- Monika Kujawska, Piotr Klepacki, Łukasz Łuczaj
- Publisher / archive
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
An ethnobotanical study presenting previously unpublished material collected by Adam Fischer on folk beliefs, customs and plant uses in the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian borderland. It is useful for reconstructing traditional uses of wild plants and their role in the culture and everyday life of the region.
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Flora Lithvanica inchoata
- Author / compiler
- Joannes Emmanuel Gilibert
- Publisher / archive
- Typis S.R.M.
A botanical work by Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert on the plants of Lithuania and the Grodno region. The parts published in Vilna in 1782 describe local plants, their properties and uses and are relevant to the history of hogweed and its fermentative properties.
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Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus secundus
- Author / compiler
- Carlo Allioni
- Publisher / archive
- excudebat Ioannes Michael Briolus
The second volume of Carlo Allioni's major flora of Piedmont. In addition to systematic botanical descriptions, it includes comparative information on plant uses in other regions and is relevant as evidence for the processing of hogweed in Lithuania.
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Francisci Joelis Medic. Doct. & in Academia Gryphis-waldensi Professoris celeberrimi Opera medica ante complures annos utilitatis publicae causâ in lucem edita, nunc revisa, emendata, indicibusque necessariis exornata
- Author / compiler
- Franciscus Joel
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Joannem Ravesteinium
A Latin medical work by Franciscus Joel, published in Amsterdam in 1663. It is particularly relevant to the history of beverages for its discussion of beer (cerevisia) and drinks made from honey and water (hydromeli), including their composition, properties and medical assessment. The treatise discusses the consumption of beer and honey-based drinks in various European regions, including Lithuania and Poland.
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Fundamenta materiae medicae tam generalis quam specialis. Tomus II
- Author / compiler
- Johann Friedrich Cartheuser
- Publisher / archive
- apud Anton. Godofredum Braun.
Johann Friedrich Cartheuser's academic work on general and special materia medica. It describes medicinal plants and their preparations and is relevant for its account of a hogweed-based drink used in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine.
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Georgii Fournier e Societate Iesu Geographica orbis notitia: per litora maris et ripas fluviorum
- Author / compiler
- Georgius Fournier
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Joannis Baptistae Schönvvetteri
A geographical work by the French Jesuit Georges Fournier, published in Frankfurt in 1668 and describing countries and regions through their sea coasts and river systems. In this study it is used as one of the sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński concerning the remarkable abundance of honey and wax in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyGmina Dzwola. Historia i tradycje. Dziedzictwo historyczno-kulturowe gminy
- Author / compiler
- Zenon Baranowski
- Publisher / archive
- Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna i Ośrodek Kultury w Kocudzy Drugiej
A historical study of Dzwola municipality based partly on archival records. Includes excerpts from 18th-century estate inventories describing taverns, malt houses and distilling equipment, providing comparative evidence of historical alcohol production facilities.
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Grand dictionnaire de cuisine
- Author / compiler
- Alexandre Dumas
- Publisher / archive
- Alphonse Lemerre
Alexandre Dumas' posthumously published culinary dictionary, combining recipes with descriptions of foods, drinks and gastronomic subjects. The research uses its entry on hogweed, which discusses an intoxicating drink reportedly made from the plant by Lithuanians.
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Grodnæ et orbi: гарадскія супольнасці і гарадское асяроддзе XIV–XX стст.: матэрыялы міжнароднай навуковай канферэнцыі (Гародня, 4–5 лістапада 2017 г.)
- Author / compiler
- А. Радзюк; В. Галубовіч (пад рэдакцыяй)
- Publisher / archive
- Выдавец А. М. Янушкевіч
A collection of scholarly papers on urban communities and environments from the fourteenth to the twentieth century. Includes Ales Radziuk's study of Grodno brewing history (pp. 160–173), covering breweries, production methods, beer varieties and trade from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Author / compiler
- J. K. Rowling
- Publisher / archive
- Bloomsbury Publishing
The third novel in the Harry Potter series, first published by Bloomsbury in 1999. It is one of the principal literary sources for studying the fictional drink Butterbeer: the book repeatedly describes its serving, temperature, foam, and warming effect. These references allow the literary depiction of Butterbeer to be compared with historical hot beer-based drinks.
Original / digital copyHarry Potter’s butterbeer recipe uncovered
- Author / compiler
- Fox News
- Publisher / archive
- Fox News
A Fox News publication about Butterbeer from J. K. Rowling’s works and its recreation for the Harry Potter theme park. The article reports Rowling’s description of the drink as tasting similar to a less-sweet butterscotch. It is useful for studying the intended flavour profile of the fictional Butterbeer.
Original / digital copyHenriette Davidis' practical cook book
- Author / compiler
- Henriette Davidis
- Publisher / archive
- H. H. Zahn & Co.
An English-language American edition of Henriette Davidis’s cookbook, compiled from the thirty-fifth German edition and published in Milwaukee in 1897. It documents German and European domestic cookery and is useful for comparative research into nineteenth-century beer soups and other beer-based dishes.
Original / digital copyHercules Siculus sive Studium Geographicum
- Author / compiler
- Ioannes Baptista Nicolosius
- Publisher / archive
- Typis Michaelis Herculis; penes auctorem
A two-volume geographical work by the Sicilian geographer Giovanni Battista Nicolosi, published in Rome in 1670–1671. It combines geographical descriptions with cartographic material covering different parts of the world. In this study it is used as one of Gabriel Rzączyński's sources when discussing the quality of northern honey and the characteristics of honey from Samogitia.
Original / digital copyHistoria de gentibus septentrionalibus, earumque diversis statibus, conditionibus, moribus, ritibus, superstitionibus, disciplinis, exercitiis, regimine, victu, bellis, structuris, instrumentis, ac mineris metallicis, & rebus mirabilibus, necnon universis pene animalibus in Septentrione degentibus, eorumque natura
- Author / compiler
- Olaus Magnus
- Publisher / archive
- apud Ioannem Mariam de Viottis
A Latin work by Olaus Magnus on the peoples, natural environment, customs and animals of Northern and Eastern Europe. It contains accounts of extraordinary quantities of bees, honeycomb and honey, and associates Lithuania and Ruthenia with wooded and cavernous landscapes rich in bees and combs. The work influenced later seventeenth-century authors who described unusually large accumulations of honey and bears in Lithuania and neighbouring regions.
Original / digital copyHistoria insectorum
- Author / compiler
- John Ray; Martin Lister; Francis Willughby; Royal Society (Great Britain)
- Publisher / archive
- A. & J. Churchill
A posthumously published work by the English naturalist John Ray on insects, issued by order of the Royal Society of London. The volume also contains Martin Lister's appendix on British beetles.
Original / digital copyHistoria naturalis
- Author / compiler
- Gaius Plinius Secundus
- Publisher / archive
- Johannes de Spira
The first printed edition of Pliny the Elder's encyclopaedic Natural History. The work brings together ancient knowledge of nature, animals, plants, medicine and bee products; Book XXI is particularly relevant to this research.
Original / digital copyHistoria naturalis curiosa regni Poloniae, Magni Ducatus Litvaniae annexarumque provinciarum : in tractatus XX divisa ex scriptoribus probatis, servata primigenia eorum phrasi in locis plurimis ex M.S.S. variis, testibus oculatis, relationibus fide dignis, experimentis desumpta
- Author / compiler
- Gabriel Rzączyński
- Publisher / archive
- Typis Collegii Soc. Jesu
An encyclopaedic natural-history work by the Polish Jesuit and naturalist Gabriel Rzączyński, published in Sandomierz in 1721. Divided into twenty treatises, it describes the natural resources, fauna, flora, geography and other characteristics of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and neighbouring provinces. Rzączyński drew on earlier literature, manuscript materials, eyewitness accounts and observations. For research into the history of mead, the work is particularly valuable for its information on beekeeping, honey, honey-based alcoholic drinks and regional traditions of their production within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Historia polskiego smaku. Kuchnia, stół, obyczaje
- Author / compiler
- Maja Łozińska; Jan Łoziński
- Publisher / archive
- Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
A study of Polish culinary history, dining customs and food culture from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Covers foods, beverages, cooking practices and social traditions, including historical beer consumption.
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Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. De serpentibus et draconibus libri II. Cum aeneis figuris
- Author / compiler
- Iohannes Ionstonus
- Publisher / archive
- Impensis Haeredum Merianorum
A Latin natural-history work by Jan Jonston containing an extensive section on bees and honey. Jonston reports that in Podolia and Lithuania cavities in dry ground could become filled with honey and that enormous bears falling into them could perish. He attributes this account to the earlier work of Olaus Magnus. The source is important for studying seventeenth-century perceptions of the abundance of wild honey in Lithuania and neighbouring regions.
Original / digital copyHistoriae naturalis et civilis, ad nostra usque tempora, libri septem
- Author / compiler
- Georg Horn
- Publisher / archive
- Lothum de Haes
A seven-book historical and geographical work by Georg Horn combining natural and civil history of different countries and peoples up to the author's own time. It is useful as an early modern source on Eastern Europe.
Original / digital copyHistorya szkół w Koronie i w Wielkiem Księstwie Litewskiem od najdawniejszych czasów aż do roku 1794. T. 1
- Author / compiler
- Józef Łukaszewicz
- Publisher / archive
- Jan Konstanty Żupański
The first volume of a historical study of schools in the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania up to 1794. It contains information on the structure and number of educational institutions associated with different denominations and religious orders in the Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyHonorati Fabri Societatis Iesu theologi tractatus duo: quorum prior est de plantis et de generatione animalium, posterior de homine
- Author / compiler
- Honoré Fabri
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Wolfgangi Mauritii Endteri, & Iohannis Andreae Endteri haeredum
A natural-philosophical work by the French Jesuit Honoré Fabri, comprising two treatises, one on plants and animal generation and another on human beings. For the history of honey, the section dealing with plants and plant juices is particularly relevant; Gabriel Rzączyński draws on Fabri's ideas about the origin and maturation of honey.
Original / digital copyHow to Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time
- Author / compiler
- John J. Palmer
- Publisher / archive
- Brewers Publications
A practical brewing guide covering ingredients, mashing, wort boiling, fermentation, recipes and water treatment. The 2017 fourth edition includes expanded coverage of brewing water chemistry and brewing techniques.
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IN P. VIRGILII MARONIS BUCOLICA AC GEORGICA adnotationes, ac loci omnes maxime Theocriti, tum etiam Hesiodi quidam, quibus usus est Virgilius, latine redditi per H. Eobanum Hessum. E Schola Norica.
- Author / compiler
- H. Eobanus Hessus
- Publisher / archive
- Johann Setzer
Commentaries by the German humanist Helius Eobanus Hessus on Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics, published at Haguenau in 1529. In his note on Georgics IV.183, Hessus compares Virgil with Columella and quotes the reading “At tiliae solae ex omnibus sunt nocentes, taxi repudiantur” — “But lindens alone among all [trees] are harmful; yews are rejected.” This source is important for the study because it shows that this reading of Columella was already circulating in printed scholarly tradition in the first half of the sixteenth century, before the 1554 edition containing Ioannes Placotomus’s treatise.
Original / digital copyIn the Image of God: John Comenius and the First Children’s Picture Book
- Author / compiler
- Charles McNamara
- Publisher / archive
- The Public Domain Review
A historical and cultural essay on Orbis Sensualium Pictus, its visual teaching method, structure and place in the history of children's educational literature. It discusses the book's everyday and craft subjects, including brewing.
Original / digital copyInsectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum; tandem Tho. Moufeti Londinatis opera sumptibusque maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum; et ad vivum expressis iconibus supra quingentis illustratum
- Author / compiler
- Thomas Muffet; Edward Wotton; Conrad Gessner; Thomas Penny; Théodore de Mayerne
- Publisher / archive
- Ex officina typographica Thomae Cotes
Адна з ранніх буйных еўрапейскіх прац пра насякомых, падрыхтаваная на аснове матэрыялаў Эдварда Вотана, Конрада Геснера і Томаса Пені, істотна дапоўненая Томасам Мафетам і апублікаваная пасмяротна ў Лондане ў 1634 годзе пад рэдакцыяй Тэадора дэ Маерна. Для даследавання ўяўляе цікавасць як прыродазнаўчая крыніца пра пчол і іншых насякомых, выкарыстаная ў коле літаратуры, на якую абапіраўся Габрыэль Жачынскі.
Original / digital copyInstitutionum medicinae libri V
- Author / compiler
- Daniel Sennert
- Publisher / archive
- Apud haeredes Zach. Schureri
A Latin medical treatise by Daniel Sennert, published in Wittenberg in 1633. It is relevant to the history of beverages for its discussion of honey-based drinks, including a spiced drink made from honey, its consumption in Lithuania and neighbouring regions, and the medical assessment of its properties.
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Intrygujące! „Osobliwe przedmioty szklane: szkło żartobliwe, szkło-zagadka”
- Author / compiler
- Elżbieta Gajewska-Prorok
- Publisher / archive
- Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu
A museum article about unusual glass drinking vessels of the 16th–18th centuries used in drinking games and entertainment. It discusses Scherzglas, Vexierglas, vessels with tubes, unusually shaped drinking glasses and ring-marked glasses. It also cites Jędrzej Kitowicz's descriptions of beer-drinking vessels.
Original / digital copyInwentarz starostwa radziejowskiego — miasteczko Skulsk
- Publisher / archive
- Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych, Archiwum Skarbu Koronnego
A 1767 estate inventory of the Radziejów starostwo describing the town of Skulsk. Documents brewing and distilling facilities, furnaces, outbuildings, milling equipment and the use of production by-products as animal feed.
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Inwentarż Maiętnosci Rożaneÿ. 1762. Inwentarz Folwarku Odynowskiego
- Publisher / archive
- Нацыянальны гістарычны архіў Беларусі
A section of the 1762 inventory of the Ruzhany estate describing the Odynowski folwark. Records a newly built brewery with a masonry furnace for two kettles and a separate malt house equipped for germinating and drying malt.
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Inwentarż Maiętnosci Rożaneÿ. 1762. Inwentarz Folwarku Witorowskiego
- Publisher / archive
- Нацыянальны гістарычны архіў Беларусі
A section of the 1762 Ruzhany estate inventory describing the Witorowski folwark. Documents a brewery physically connected to an ox stable, along with other farm buildings. Useful for studying the architecture and organization of alcohol production on early modern estates.
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Joannis Crassinii Polonia. Ad Serenissimum et Potentissimum Henricum primum Valesium, Dei gratia utriusque Poloniae regem
- Author / compiler
- Ioannes Crassinius
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Peregrinum Bonardum
A Latin historical and geographical description of Poland and its associated territories, dedicated to King Henry of Valois. It provides information on the territory, population, and political conditions of the sixteenth century, offering context for economic and trade history.
Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus Quadrilinguis Emendatus : Hoc est: Omnium fundamentalium in mundo Rerum, & vita Actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura, Latina, Polonica, Gallica, & Germanica
- Author / compiler
- Jan Amos Komenský
- Publisher / archive
- Vilniaus universiteto biblioteka
The catalogue record for a specific copy of the 1770 quadrilingual edition of Orbis Sensualium Pictus held by Vilnius University Library. It is relevant to the study of the circulation and provenance of individual copies.
Original / digital copyJoh. Amos Comenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus. Hoc est, omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura.
- Author / compiler
- Johann Amos Comenius
- Publisher / archive
- Vilniaus universiteto biblioteka
The catalogue record for a specific copy of the 1667 quadrilingual edition of Orbis Sensualium Pictus held by Vilnius University Library.
Original / digital copyNot yet used in published research.
Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus. Hoc est, omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura. Latino-Gallico-Germanico-Polonice
- Author / compiler
- Johann Amos Comenius
- Publisher / archive
- Kaspar Müller; Christoph Tschorn
A 1667 quadrilingual edition of Orbis Sensualium Pictus in Latin, French, German and Polish. It is particularly relevant to the study of the textbook's circulation in the Polish-speaking environment of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyKronika Polska, Litewska, Żmódzka i wszystkiéj Rusi Macieja Stryjkowskiego. Tom 1
- Author / compiler
- Maciej Stryjkowski
- Publisher / archive
- Nakład Gustawa Leona Glücksberga, Warszawa
The first volume of Maciej Stryjkowski’s *Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia and All Rus’*, in the Warsaw edition of 1846, which is a faithful reproduction of the first Königsberg edition of 1582. The chronicle contains descriptions of the religious rites and customs of the populations of Lithuania, Samogitia, Prussia and neighbouring lands, including accounts of the use of beer in calendrical and sacrificial rituals.
Original / digital copyKsięga Grodzka Oszmiańska z lat 1650–1719. Testamenty. Tom 1 (1650–1691)
- Author / compiler
- Volha Babkova; Piotr Łabędź; Wioletta Zielecka-Mikołajczyk
- Publisher / archive
- Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
A scholarly edition of wills from the Ashmyany castle court records dating from 1650 to 1691. Contains estate inventories and information about the material culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, including evidence relevant to historical brewing and distilling equipment.
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Kucharka polska miejska i wiejska, zawierająca kilka set przepisów kucharskich
- Author / compiler
- T. Wiśniewski
- Publisher / archive
- J. Chociszewski
A nineteenth-century Polish urban and rural cookbook containing several hundred recipes for everyday dishes. The edition is useful for studying domestic cooking, culinary terminology, and the tradition of soups and other beer-based preparations in nineteenth-century Polish food culture.
Original / digital copyKurtze und warhafftige Beschreibung des Landes zu Preussen
- Author / compiler
- Caspar Hennenberger
- Publisher / archive
- Georg Osterberger
A sixteenth-century historical and geographical description of Prussia, discussing its population, religious beliefs, customs, and territorial divisions. It provides background for studying the historical geography and economic conditions of the Baltic region.
Original / digital copyLe descrittioni vniuersali et particolari del mondo, & delle republiche. Di Luca di Linda. Come più destintamente nella pagina seguente si può vedere. Tradotte, osseruate, & accresciute, dal marchese Maiolino Bisaccioni
- Author / compiler
- Luca di Linda; Maiolino Bisaccioni
- Publisher / archive
- Combi & La Noù
An Italian geographical and political description of the countries and republics of the world by Luca di Linda, translated and expanded by Maiolino Bisaccioni. It contains information on states, territories, populations, economies and customs of the seventeenth century.
Original / digital copyLexicon Universale Historico-Geographico-Chronologico-Poetico-Philologicum
- Author / compiler
- Johann Jacob Hofmann
- Publisher / archive
- Impensis Iohan. Herman. Widerhold; Typis Jacobi Bertschii & Joh. Rodolphi Genathii
A seventeenth-century encyclopedic dictionary covering history, geography, chronology, mythology, and philology. It is valuable for studying the historical geography of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and regions associated with trade and brewing.
Original / digital copyLibellus de legatione Basilii Magni principis Moschoviae ad Clementem VII. pontificem max.
- Author / compiler
- Paolo Giovio
- Publisher / archive
- Johann Froben
A Latin work by the Italian historian, physician and humanist Paolo Giovio concerning the embassy of Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy to Pope Clement VII and describing Muscovy. Much of Giovio's information derived from the diplomat Dmitry Gerasimov. The work contains an account of abundant wild honey in hollow trees and the story of a peasant trapped in a deep accumulation of honey who escaped with the aid of a bear. The source is relevant to the history of forest beekeeping, the honey and wax trade, and early-sixteenth-century perceptions of the honey resources of Eastern Europe.
Original / digital copyLibellus de religione et sacrificiis idolatricis veterum Borussorum, Livonum, Litauorum, aliarumque gentium vicinarum
- Author / compiler
- Jan Małecki
- Publisher / archive
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
A Latin work by Jan Małecki concerning the religion, sacrifices and pagan customs of the ancient Prussians, Livonians, Lithuanians and neighbouring peoples. The text belongs to the early written tradition documenting Baltic religious rites and was subsequently used by later authors. Of particular importance for the history of beer are its descriptions of rituals in which beer formed part of sacrificial and festive practices.
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Livonia in sacris suis considerata
- Author / compiler
- Christianus Braunschwigius
- Publisher / archive
- Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka
A Latin academic dissertation published in Wittenberg in 1700 and devoted to the religious customs of Livonia. The text preserves earlier accounts of pagan rites among the peoples of the Baltic region, including a rite honouring Pergrubius that involved the ritual consumption of beer. The source is valuable for studying the transmission of accounts concerning the role of beer in descriptions of pre-Christian religious practices in the region.
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Martini Cromeri De origine et rebus gestis Polonorum libri XXX. Recogniti ab autore. Una cum funebri eiusdem autoris Oratione Sigismundi regis vitam compendiose complexa
- Author / compiler
- Marcin Kromer; Francesco Robortello
- Publisher / archive
- Per Ioannem Oporinum
A chronicle by the Polish historian Marcin Kromer devoted to the origins and history of Poland, published in Basel in 1558. In this study it is used as one of the sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński when describing the natural wealth of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, including honey and traditions of mead production.
Original / digital copyMały leksykon chojnicki
- Author / compiler
- Franciszek Pabich
- Publisher / archive
- Muzeum Historyczno-Etnograficzne w Chojnicach
A local historical lexicon of the town of Chojnice. Documents historic buildings, crafts and mills, including a 14th-century water-powered malt mill supplied by water from nearby lakes.
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Meteorologia Aristotelis, eleganti Iacobi Fabri Stapulensis paraphrasi explanata: Commentarioque Ioannis Coclaei Norici declarata ad foelices in philosophiae studiis successus calcographiae iamprimum demandata
- Author / compiler
- Aristoteles; Iacobus Faber Stapulensis; Ioannes Coclaeus
- Publisher / archive
- In officina Friderici Peypuss
An edition of Aristotle's Meteorologica, printed in Nuremberg in 1512, with a paraphrase by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples and commentary by Johannes Cochlaeus. The work represents the ancient natural-philosophical tradition concerning atmospheric and natural phenomena. In this study it represents the Aristotelian tradition invoked by Gabriel Rzączyński in his discussion of natural conditions associated with honey and its properties.
Original / digital copyMeteorologia curiosa ad illustrissimum ac reverendissimum dominum D. Boguslaum comitem de Leszno Leszczynski
- Author / compiler
- Adalbertus Tylkowski
- Publisher / archive
- apud Stanislaum Piotrkowczyk, S.R.M. typographum
A natural-philosophical work by the Polish Jesuit Adalbertus Tylkowski on meteorological and physical phenomena. It discusses water, atmospheric phenomena and the properties of natural substances and was published in Kraków in 1669.
Original / digital copyMilitarium, seu Axiomatum belli ad harmoniam togae accommodatorum libri duo. Accessere minutiora quaedam ejusdem authoris scripta
- Author / compiler
- Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro
- Publisher / archive
- In Bibliopolio Forsteriano
A Latin military and political treatise by Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro, published in Amsterdam in 1668. Gabriel Rzączyński cites its first book when discussing the substantial consumption of grain for distilled spirits in the northern regions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyNaliboki i Urzecze, czyli słów kilka o hutach Radziwiłłowskich
- Author / compiler
- Karolina Wolska
- Publisher / archive
- Szkło i Ceramika
A research article on the history of the Radziwiłł glassworks in Naliboki and Urzecze, in present-day Belarus. It examines their establishment in the 18th century, production methods, artistic characteristics and the use of glassware in magnate culture. The article provides historical context for ceremonial drinking vessels, including heraldic glasses.
Original / digital copyNowy Piwowar czyli teoretyczno praktyczna sztuka wyrabiania rozmaitych gatunków piwa angielskiego i sławnieyszych trunków słodowych tudzież niektórych nowo wynalezionych rodzaiów piwa w wielkich i małych ilościach
- Author / compiler
- Jakub Sroczyński
An early nineteenth-century Polish brewing manual dealing with various English beer styles, malt beverages and brewing methods. It contains information on raw materials and practical production techniques and is a valuable source for the study of brewing technology and botanical ingredients during this period.
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O nazwach oraz użytkach ćwikły, buraków i barszczu
- Author / compiler
- Józef Rostafiński
- Publisher / archive
- Akademia Umiejętności
A study by Polish botanist Józef Rostafiński on the names and uses of beetroot, beets and barszcz. It discusses the historical use of hogweed and is a key source for investigating the original meaning of “barszcz” and the foods and fermented products associated with it.
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Obraz Litwy pod względem jéj cywilizacyi, od czasów najdawniejszych do końca wieku XVIII. Cz. 3, Dalszy ciąg uwag nad Litwą w piérwszych trzech wiekach od wprowadzenia chrześcijańskiéj wiary Копировать
- Author / compiler
- Józef Jaroszewicz
- Publisher / archive
- Ruben Rafałowicz
The third part of Józef Jaroszewicz's historical work on the development of civilization, society and the economy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Published in 1845, it includes information on Antoni Tyzenhauz's reforms and the recruitment of foreign specialists. Of particular interest to brewing history is the account of brewers invited from Prague, the construction of breweries and the training of local inhabitants in brewing.
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Oeconomia Siderea
- Author / compiler
- Fischer S. J.
A work cited by Gabriel Rzączyński in his «Historia naturalis curiosa» (1721) in connection with the properties of beer. According to Rzączyński's account, Fischer was among the authors who regarded beer as a nourishing and strengthening beverage. The work's precise bibliographical details require verification against an original copy.
Old Glass and How to Collect It
- Author / compiler
- J. Sydney Lewis
- Publisher / archive
- T. W. Laurie Ltd.
An illustrated book on the history and collecting of antique glass. Its chapter Curious and Freak Glasses discusses unusual vessels, including English yards of ale and trick glasses capable of unexpectedly splashing their contents. It provides a typological comparison for the long glass 'kij' described by Jędrzej Kitowicz, without establishing that the vessels are identical.
Original / digital copyOn Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
- Author / compiler
- Harold McGee
- Publisher / archive
- Scribner
Harold McGee’s scientific study of the chemistry and physics of food and the processes involved in cooking. For research into historical beer-based drinks, the book is useful for explaining transformations in sugar and dairy products during heating and the development of caramel- and butterscotch-like flavour and aroma characteristics.
Opis obyczajów i zwyczajów za panowania Augusta III
- Author / compiler
- Jędrzej Kitowicz
- Publisher / archive
- W drukarni Walentego Stefańskiego
A historical and memoir-based account by the Polish priest and writer Jędrzej Kitowicz, describing everyday life, customs and social practices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign of Augustus III (1733–1763). Written in the eighteenth century, the work was first published in Poznań in 1840–1841. Of particular value to the history of beverages are its accounts of noble households, drinking customs, beer, wine, spirits and the growing popularity of coffee. Kitowicz describes a traditional morning soup made with beer and the gradual replacement of older drinking customs by coffee.
Original / digital copyOpis starożytnéy Polski. T. 1
- Author / compiler
- Tomasz Święcki
- Publisher / archive
- Zawadzki i Węcki
A historical and descriptive work by Tomasz Święcki on old Poland, published in Warsaw in 1816. It mentions a morning beer broth seasoned with sugar, ginger and egg yolk. The source is valuable for studying domestic traditions of hot beer-based dishes and their representation in early nineteenth-century Polish historical literature.
Original / digital copyOpisanie dyfferencji między Czapunią i Baksztami, w roku 1756 uczynione
- Publisher / archive
- Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka
A 1756 boundary document concerning the estates of Czapunia and Bakszty in the Ashmyany district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Its reverse contains a plan of an estate production complex, including a brewery, malt house, grain and spirits storage rooms, and an ox stable. The document is relevant to the study of 18th-century brewing and distilling architecture and technology. The attribution of the complex specifically to the Bakszty estate remains tentative.
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Opisy parafii diecezji wileńskiej z 1784 roku. T. 2. Dekanat Mińsk
- Author / compiler
- Józef Maroszek; Maria Maroszek
A scholarly edition of descriptions of parishes in the Vilnius diocese compiled in 1784. Contains historical and geographical information on settlements, natural conditions, rivers, roads and land use in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Orbis sensualium pictus. Hoc est, omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum & in vita actionum pictura & nomenclatura. Die sichtbare Welt, Das ist: Aller vornemsten Welt-Dinge und Lebens-Verrichtungen Vorbildung und Benahmung
- Author / compiler
- Johann Amos Comenius
- Publisher / archive
- Michael Endter
The first Nuremberg edition of Jan Amos Comenius's illustrated textbook in Latin and German. The book introduces pupils to the surrounding world, crafts and everyday activities through text and images, including brewing.
Original / digital copyPan Tadeusz czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie. Historja szlachecka z r. 1811 i 1812, we dwunastu księgach, wierszem
- Author / compiler
- Adam Mickiewicz
- Publisher / archive
- Alexander Jełowicki
The first edition of Adam Mickiewicz’s poem Pan Tadeusz, published in Paris in 1834. In the breakfast scene in Book II, hot beer whitened with cream and served with curd is described alongside coffee. The literary source is valuable for studying representations of hot beer-based foods and drinks in the domestic culture of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyPandora starożytna monarchów polskich: zacnością Jaśnie Oświeconych Królów, światłością promieni białego orła, królestwa polskiego wolnością, zacnych obywatelów koronnych dzielnością, z odwagą zasłużonego rycerstwa, pobożnością patronów polskich poważnie ozdobiona
- Author / compiler
- Aleksander Obodziński
- Publisher / archive
- Drukarnia Krzysztofa Schedla
A historical-poetic work by Aleksander Obodziński about Polish rulers. It contains a legend explaining the name gorzałka, later retold by Gabriel Rzączyński in 1721.
Original / digital copyParallela Geographiae Veteris Et Novae
- Author / compiler
- Philippe Briet
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy et Gabrielis Cramoisy
A geographical work by the French Jesuit Philippe Briet comparing ancient geography with the geography of his own time. Its two principal volumes were published in Paris in 1648–1649 and contain systematic descriptions and maps of European regions. In this study it is used in connection with Gabriel Rzączyński's account of the exceptional abundance and quality of honey in Samogitia.
Original / digital copyParvvm Theatrvm Vrbivm sive Vrbivm Praecipvarvm Totivs Orbis Brevis Et Methodica Descriptio
- Author / compiler
- Adriaan van Roomen
- Publisher / archive
- Nicolaus Bassaeus
A geographical reference work by Adriaan van Roomen providing concise and systematic descriptions of major cities of the world. It is useful for studying European urban geography, trade and local traditions at the end of the sixteenth century.
Original / digital copyPassglas
- Publisher / archive
- Corning Museum of Glass
A Corning Museum of Glass dictionary entry defining the historical drinking vessel known as a Passglas. It describes a tall cylindrical glass with horizontal marks used in drinking games that required participants to drink to a specific level. It helps explain the ring-marked glasses described by Jędrzej Kitowicz.
Original / digital copyPaßglas
- Publisher / archive
- Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
A museum record of a historical Paßglas drinking vessel in the Bavarian National Museum. Probably made in Germany around 1700, the glass has three applied ring-shaped marks. It provides a surviving material comparison for the ring-marked drinking vessels described by Jędrzej Kitowicz.
Original / digital copyPetri Gassendi Diniensis Ecclesiæ Præpositi et in Academia Parisiensi Matheseos Regii Professoris Astronomica, videlicet I. Institutio Astronomica cum Oratione Inaugurali; II. Observationes Cœlestes; III. Mercurius in Sole visus & Venus invisa; IV. Novem Stellæ circa Iovem visæ; V. Solstitialis altitudo Massiliensis. Tomus Quartus
- Author / compiler
- Pierre Gassendi; Henri Louis Habert de Montmor
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson & Ioan. Bapt. Devenet
The fourth volume of the collected works of the French philosopher and scientist Pierre Gassendi, published in Lyon in 1658. It is used in this study in connection with the idea that bees do not merely collect floral nectar but alter its properties in the process of producing honey, a view cited by Gabriel Rzączyński.
Original / digital copyPharmacopoeia medico-chymica, sive thesaurus pharmacologicus, quo composita quaeque celebriora; hinc mineralia, vegetabilia & animalia chymico-medice describuntur, atque insuper principia physicae Hermetico-Hippocraticae candide exhibentur
- Author / compiler
- Johann Schröder; Johann Daniel Horstius; Johann Ludwig Witzel
- Publisher / archive
- J. Görlin for widow of J. Görlin
A medico-chemical pharmacopoeia by the German physician Johann Schröder and one of the influential pharmacological works of the seventeenth century. In this study it is used for its discussion of different types and qualities of honey; Gabriel Rzączyński cites Schröder in particular when describing the highly valued so-called “virgin honey.”
Original / digital copyPhilippi Cluveri Introductionis in universam geographiam, tam veterem quam novam, libri VI
- Author / compiler
- Philipp Clüver; Josephus Vorstius; Daniel Heinsius
- Publisher / archive
- Ex Officina Elzeviriana
A geographical work by Philipp Clüver, first published posthumously in Leiden in 1624. It compares ancient geography with that of the author's own period and became an influential seventeenth-century geographical reference work. In this study it is used for an account cited by Gabriel Rzączyński concerning the exceptional abundance, whiteness and purity of honey in Samogitia.
Original / digital copyPivotéka Pivovaru Černá Hora, Černá Hora, průmyslový pivovar
- Publisher / archive
- České pivo – České zlato
A page describing beers produced by the Černá Hora brewery. It provides a modern example of herbal ingredients in brewing: the Black Hill beer speciality is described as containing extracts of 33 herbs, including centaury, gentian, liquorice, coriander, chamomile, nutmeg and other botanicals. The page also states that production of this beer has been discontinued.
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Podręcznik do badania pokarmów, artykułów spożywczych i różnorodnych przedmiotów handlu. Z. 1
- Author / compiler
- Alfons Bukowski
A late nineteenth-century Polish handbook on the examination of foodstuffs, food products and various commercial goods. It is relevant to beer history as evidence of contemporary methods of quality control and the detection of food adulteration, including discussion of beer composition and substitutes for conventional brewing ingredients.
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Podręczniki J. A. Komeńskiego w szkołach różnowierczych Rzeczypospolitej (XVII—poł. XVIII w.)
- Author / compiler
- Stanisław Tworek
- Publisher / archive
- Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio F, Nauki Humanistyczne
A study of the use of Jan Amos Comenius's textbooks in Protestant schools of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century. It examines the circulation of his educational works in gymnasia, including those in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Original / digital copyPolitia regia: in qva totus imperiorum mundus, eorum admiranda, census, æraria, opes, vires, regimina, & fundata stabilitaq; magnitudo, copiosiùs, accuratiùs edisseruntur
- Author / compiler
- Johannes Boterus; Justus Reifenberg
- Publisher / archive
- Typis Pauli Egenolphi
A Latin edition of a work by the Italian political thinker and geographer Giovanni Botero, published in 1620 and dealing with the states of the world, their government, resources and characteristics. In this study it is used as one of the sources cited by Gabriel Rzączyński when describing the exceptional abundance of honey and wax in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyPolonia Defensa contra Ioan. Barclaium, ubi, occasione ista, de Regno Genteque Polona multa narrantur, hactenus litteris non tradita
- Author / compiler
- Łukasz Opaliński
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Georgii Försteri
A polemical historical and political work by the Polish writer and statesman Łukasz Opaliński, published in 1648 as a defence of Poland and Polish society against John Barclay's critical descriptions. Alongside its political arguments, the work contains information on the country, its inhabitants, economy and natural resources. In this study it is used as one of Gabriel Rzączyński's sources concerning honey and the prolonged ageing of mead in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyPraecipuarum universi terrarum orbis provinciarum regionumque superficialis descriptio. Historiae non solum cumprimis necessaria, sed quotidiano usui accommoda
- Author / compiler
- Gabriel Bucelin
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Ioannem Görlinum; impensis Ioannis Praetorii
A geographical work by the Benedictine monk and historian Gabriel Bucelin, published in 1658 as a separate section of his historical and geographical compilation. It contains concise descriptions of major countries and regions of the world and is accompanied by a series of small maps. For the history of honey, it is relevant for an account of the exceptional abundance of honey in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania cited by Gabriel Rzączyński.
Original / digital copyPraktyczna kucharka. Przepisy praktyczne i tanie przyrządzania wszelkich potraw, mięsiw, ryb, wędlin, sosów, zup, jarzyn oraz ciast zwykłych i wielkanocnych, soków, konfitur, galaret, tortów, lodów i t.d.
- Author / compiler
- Anon
- Publisher / archive
- Fr. Chocieszyński
A Polish practical cookbook published in Poznań in 1886 as a second edition. It contains recipes for everyday cooking, including soups, meat and fish dishes, sauces, vegetables, baked goods, sweets and drinks. The book is relevant to the study of nineteenth-century Polish culinary traditions and beer-based dishes, helping to document the continued presence of beer soups in domestic cookery of the period.
Original / digital copyProdukcja alkoholi w dobrach białostockich Izabeli Branickiej u schyłku XVIII w.
- Author / compiler
- Janusz Roszko
- Publisher / archive
- Instytut Badań nad Dziedzictwem Kulturowym Europy; Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne
A scholarly study of alcoholic beverage production on Izabela Branicka's estates in the late 18th century. Examines breweries, malt houses, distilleries, equipment, beverage varieties and the economic organization of beer and spirits production.
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Regni Poloniae, Magnique ducatus Lituaniae: Omniumque regionum juri Polonico Subjectorum: Novissima descriptio, Urbium potissimarum icones elegantissimas & delinitionem hujus Regni Geographicam oculis sujiciens
- Author / compiler
- Andreas Cellarius
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Aegidium Janssonium Walckenier
A Latin printed description of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the lands subject to Polish law, published in Amsterdam in 1659. The source contains geographical, historical, and social information about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including a description of Danzig and its urban culture. For beer history, it is especially valuable for its passage on the “noble hall” at the Pfundkammer, describing access rules, the entrance fee format, and the practice of unlimited consumption of Danzig beer accompanied by music.
Original / digital copyRerum Moscoviticarum commentarii, Sigismundo Libero authore. Russiae brevissima descriptio, & de religione eorum varia inserta sunt. Chorographia totius imperii Moscici, & vicinorum quorundam mentio
- Author / compiler
- Sigismund von Herberstein
- Publisher / archive
- Joannes Steelsius
A work by the diplomat Sigismund von Herberstein on Muscovy and neighbouring lands, published in Antwerp in 1557. It contains geographical, ethnographic and economic information, including sections dealing with Lithuania. In this study it is used for Gabriel Rzączyński's account of wild honey found in hollow trees in Samogitia and of its exceptional whiteness, purity and taste.
Original / digital copyRoslin Potrzebnych, Pozytecznych, Wygodnych, Osobliwie Kraiowych, Albo Ktore W Kraiu Uzyteczne Byc Mogą, Utrzymanie, Rozmnozenie I Zazycie. T. 3, O Rolnictwie, Zbozach, Łąkach, Chmielnikach, Winnicach y Roslinach Gospodarskich
- Author / compiler
- Krzysztof Kluk
- Publisher / archive
- Drukarnia J. K. Mci i Rzeczypospolitey u XX. Schol. Piar.
The third volume of Krzysztof Kluk's agricultural work, published in 1779, covering farming, cereals, hop cultivation and useful plants. Relevant to the study of raw materials and historical methods of grain-based alcohol production, including mashing, fermentation and distillation.
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Scholastic Rebuffs Potter Infringement Charges
- Author / compiler
- Jim Milliot; Steven Zeitchik
- Publisher / archive
- Publishers Weekly
A report in the publishing trade magazine Publishers Weekly on the conclusion of the legal dispute involving Nancy Stouffer, J. K. Rowling, Scholastic and Time Warner. It describes Stouffer’s claims concerning the use of the term “Muggles” and other alleged similarities with her works, as well as the September 2002 decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The source provides historical context for the dispute over the authorship and origins of certain elements associated with the Harry Potter universe.
Original / digital copyScholastic, Inc. v. Stouffer, 221 F. Supp. 2d 425 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
- Author / compiler
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Publisher / archive
- Justia
A decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the dispute involving Scholastic, J. K. Rowling and Time Warner on one side and Nancy Stouffer on the other. It is a primary legal source for the parties’ claims, copyright and trademark issues, and the outcome of the litigation concerning the Harry Potter works.
Original / digital copySimonis Starovolscii Polonia, nunc denuo recognita et aucta
- Author / compiler
- Simon Starovolscius
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Georgii Försteri
A historical and geographical account of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Simon Starowolski, published in Gdańsk in 1652. It describes towns, provinces, natural conditions, and political institutions, providing context for regional brewing history.
Original / digital copySkład abo Skarbiec Znakomitych Sekretow Oekonomiey Ziemianskiey
- Author / compiler
- Jakub Kazimierz Haur
- Publisher / archive
- w Drukarni Mikołaia Alexandra Schedla
“Collection or Treasury of Remarkable Secrets of Estate Management” is an encyclopedic agricultural and household manual by the Polish writer and economist Jakub Kazimierz Haur, published in Kraków in 1693. The book contains practical information on agriculture, crop cultivation and processing, household management, food products, and traditional medicine. It is a valuable source for studying economic practices and everyday life in the seventeenth-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including the historical context of alcoholic beverage production and consumption. Gabriel Rzączyński cites Haur's work in his «Historia naturalis curiosa» (1721) when discussing the properties of beer, including beverages produced in Łowicz and Drzewica.
Original / digital copyStatuta Regni Poloniae in ordinem alphabeti digesta
- Author / compiler
- Ioannes Herbort de Fulstyn
- Publisher / archive
- Lazarus Andreae
A Latin compilation of the statutes of the Kingdom of Poland, arranged alphabetically. This sixteenth-century legal source provides a basis for researching the regulatory environment of crafts and trade, including beverage production and distribution.
Original / digital copySzkła z hut Radziwiłłowskich. Naliboki (1722–1862), Urzecze (1737–1846)
- Author / compiler
- Aleksandra J. Kasprzak
- Publisher / archive
- Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
A two-volume scholarly catalogue of historical glass produced by the Radziwiłł glassworks at Naliboki and Urzecze, drawing on museum and private collections. It documents the production, dating, forms and decoration of 18th–19th-century glassware. It provides a bibliographic foundation for identifying heraldic drinking glasses and other objects associated with the drinking culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyTausendgüldenkraut
- Author / compiler
- Karin Mecozzi
- Publisher / archive
- Karin Mecozzi
An article by herbalist Karin Mecozzi on centaury, its botanical characteristics, bitterness and traditional uses. In its historical discussion, the author notes the use of centaury extracts not only medicinally but also in wine, oil and beer.
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The History of Poland: In Several Letters to Persons of Quality
- Author / compiler
- Bernard Connor
- Publisher / archive
- J.D.
An English-language historical and geographical account of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Bernard Connor, published in London in 1698. The work covers the country’s history, geography, political institutions, society and customs. It is valuable as a late seventeenth-century source for research into everyday culture and food practices in the Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyThe Science of Sugar Confectionery
- Author / compiler
- W. P. Edwards
- Publisher / archive
- Royal Society of Chemistry
A specialist work by W. P. Edwards on the scientific and technological principles of sugar confectionery. It examines the properties of sugars and the processes used to manufacture various confectionery products, including toffee and caramel. For research into historical Butterbeer, it is useful for analysing the origin of the drink’s characteristic butterscotch and caramel flavour profile.
Original / digital copyThe accomplisht cook, or The art and mystery of cookery
- Author / compiler
- Robert May
- Publisher / archive
- N. Brooke
An English cookery book by Robert May, represented here by its third edition of 1671. It contains several preparations for Buttered Beer and other dishes and drinks based on beer or ale with eggs, butter and spices. The source helps trace the development of hot beer preparations in seventeenth-century England.
Original / digital copyThe good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin
- Author / compiler
- Anon
- Publisher / archive
- Richard Iones
An anonymous English cookery book published in London in 1594. It contains a recipe entitled “To make Buttered Beere”, a hot drink made with beer, egg yolks, sugar, butter, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. It is an important primary source for the study of English buttered beer in the early modern period.
Original / digital copyThe herball, or, Generall historie of plantes
- Author / compiler
- John Gerard
- Publisher / archive
- Iohn Norton
John Gerard's late-sixteenth-century English herbal, describing plants, their properties and traditional uses. It is used in the research as an early account of a fermented hogweed drink made in Lithuania.
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Theatrum orbis terrarum sive Atlas novus in quo tabulae et descriptiones omnium regionum, editae a Guiljel et Ioanne Blaeu
- Author / compiler
- Willem Blaeu; Joan Blaeu
- Publisher / archive
- Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu
The first two-volume Latin edition of Willem and Joan Blaeu's Atlas Novus. It contains maps and geographical descriptions of European and other regions and is an important source for seventeenth-century historical geography, trade and local traditions.
Original / digital copyThomae Bartholini Acta medica et philosophica Hafniensia, ann. 1671 et 1672
- Author / compiler
- Thomas Bartholinus
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Petri Haubold, Acad. Bibliopolae
A seventeenth-century Copenhagen collection of medical, anatomical, and natural-philosophical observations. It provides historical context for the study of plants, liquids, food substances, and early modern medical approaches to beverages.
Original / digital copyTractatus juridico-politico-polemico-historicus de Ærario, sive Censu, per honesta media, absque divexatione Populi, licite conficiendo. Libri duo
- Author / compiler
- Caspar Klock; Christophorus Peller
- Publisher / archive
- Sumptibus Johannis Andreae et Wolfgangi Endteri Junioris Haeredum
A Latin juridical and political treatise by Caspar Klock on the public treasury, taxation and lawful means of raising state revenue. This record refers to the second, corrected and expanded edition prepared by Christophorus Peller and published in Nuremberg in 1671. Alongside discussions of finance and taxation, the work contains historical and economic information about various European countries and regions, including accounts of honey, wax and forest beekeeping in Eastern Europe. It is a valuable source for studying the economic importance of honey and honey-based beverages in the early modern period.
Original / digital copyTraditional and Current Food Use of Wild Plants Listed in the Russian Pharmacopoeia
- Author / compiler
- Alexander N. Shikov, Andrey N. Tsitsilin, Olga N. Pozharitskaya, Valery G. Makarov, Michael Heinrich
- Publisher / archive
- Frontiers in Pharmacology
A scientific review of the traditional and contemporary food uses of wild plants included in the Russian Pharmacopoeia. It examines the overlap between food and medicinal practices and is relevant to research on the use of wild botanical ingredients in foods and beverages.
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Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with historical relations and political inquiries
- Author / compiler
- William Coxe
- Publisher / archive
- Printed by J. Nichols, for T. Cadell
William Coxe's travel account of his journeys through the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Russian Empire, Sweden and Denmark in the second half of the eighteenth century. The work contains observations concerning territories of present-day Belarus, including the route through Orsha, Dubrovno and Lyady. At Lyady, Coxe records encountering “English strong beer” at the local post house, while elsewhere, when describing aristocratic dining in Russia, he refers separately to English beer and porter. These passages are relevant to research into the circulation and perception of British strong beers in eighteenth-century Eastern Europe.
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Un best seller europeo d'altri tempi : l'Orbis sensualium pictus di Jan Amos Comenius
- Publisher / archive
- Il Fondo librario "Cesare Pecile"
A library exhibition article on the publication history and European circulation of Orbis Sensualium Pictus. It discusses bilingual and multilingual editions and the book's role as a teaching aid.
Original / digital copyVersuch einer wirthschaftlichen Naturgeschichte von dem Königreich Ost- und Westpreussen ...
- Author / compiler
- Friedrich Samuel Bock
- Publisher / archive
- auf Kosten der Verlagskasse und zu finden in der Buchhandlung der Gelehrten
A five-volume late-eighteenth-century account of the natural history, economy and everyday life of East and West Prussia. It provides evidence on regional foodways and is relevant to research into traditional drinks of the Prussian Lithuanian population.
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Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers
- Author / compiler
- John J. Palmer; Colin Kaminski
- Publisher / archive
- Brewers Publications
A technical reference on brewing water chemistry, covering mineral composition, alkalinity, the influence of ions on beer flavour, mash pH and water treatment. Useful for comparing historical and modern brewing water profiles.
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Wiadomości o fabrykach i rękodziełach w dawnej Polsce
- Author / compiler
- Julian Kołaczkowski
- Publisher / archive
- Drukarnia Emila Skiwskiego
A historical study of factories, crafts and manufacturing activities in the Polish lands. Provides evidence on economic and industrial history relevant to research on historical brewing.
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Wild edible plants of Belarus: from Rostafiński’s questionnaire of 1883 to the present
- Author / compiler
- Łukasz Łuczaj; Piotr Köhler; Ewa Pirożnikow; Maja Graniszewska; Andrea Pieroni; Tanya Gervasi
- Publisher / archive
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Belarus, comparing responses to Józef Rostafiński's 1883 questionnaire with later ethnographic evidence and modern interviews. It contains historical evidence on the use of hogweed in present-day Belarus.
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Zielnik herbarzem z ięzyka łacińskiego zowią, to iest opisanie własne imion, kształtu, przyrodzenia, skutkow y moc zioł wszelakich
- Author / compiler
- Szymon Syreniusz
- Publisher / archive
- Drukarnia Bazylego Skalskiego
An extensive early seventeenth-century Polish herbal describing medicinal and economically useful plants, their properties, and practical applications. It is important for researching botanical ingredients, traditional medicine, and historical beverage-making practices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Original / digital copyZnajomość dzieł Jana Amosa Komeńskiego na ziemiach czeskich, słowackich i polskich od połowy XVII w. do czasów obecnych
- Author / compiler
- Marta Bečkova; Tadeusz Bieńkowski; Dagmar Čapkova
- Publisher / archive
- Wydawnictwo Instytutu Historii Nauki, Oświaty i Techniki
A study of the circulation and reception of Jan Amos Comenius's works in the Czech, Slovak and Polish lands from the mid-seventeenth century onward. It is useful for reconstructing the geography and chronology of their reception.
«Приходи, отроча, учися мудрствовати!» (две ранних рукописи с русским переводом Orbis Pictus Яна Амоса Коменского)
- Author / compiler
- Ольга Е. Кошелева
- Publisher / archive
- Вестник РГГУ. Серия «Литературоведение. Языкознание. Культурология»
A study of two early manuscripts containing a Russian translation of Orbis Pictus, preserved in the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It examines their translation history, linguistic features and educational use.
Original / digital copyŁyk wina prosto z ogona królika lub lufy pistoletu. Barokowe „szkła żartobliwe” ze zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie
- Author / compiler
- Piotr Cyniak
- Publisher / archive
- HISTORIA: POSZUKAJ
A museum-focused historical article on Baroque novelty drinking vessels from the National Museum in Warsaw. It examines unusual glass forms used for table entertainment and requiring special drinking techniques. The article provides comparative material for the vessels described by Jędrzej Kitowicz.
ŚREM
- Publisher / archive
- Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN
A historical-geographical dictionary entry on the town of Śrem, based on medieval records. Contains information on mills, municipal privileges, malting and brewing, including 15th-century documentary evidence of malt grinding at a watermill.
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Інвентар мястэчка Сапоцкін 1704 года
- Author / compiler
- В. Галубовіч; А. Вашкевіч
- Publisher / archive
- Białoruskie Towarzystwo Historyczne
A scholarly publication of the 1704 historical inventory of the town of Sapockin in the Grodno District of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The document provides information on landholding, property leases, financial obligations, taxation, and the town's economic infrastructure. Of particular importance to brewing history are its references to two brewhouses, regulations governing beer production, fees levied on each brew, rental revenues, and a watermill. The inventory was published by V. Halubovich and A. Vashkevich in Belaruski Histarychny Zbornik (2012, no. 37, pp. 242–260).
Original / digital copyАвторский комментарий Лилии Коукель к исследованию об Orbis Pictus
- Author / compiler
- Лилия Коукель
An authorial comment on the circulation of educational literature and private book collections in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, used in preparing the study.
Беларуская народная творчасць
- Publisher / archive
- Навука і тэхніка; Беларуская навука
A multi-volume academic series of Belarusian folklore publications established in 1970 by the Institute of Art Studies, Ethnography and Folklore of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The series contains systematically collected records of folk songs, rituals, legends, tales, proverbs, sayings and other genres from different regions of Belarus. The publications preserve information on traditional everyday life, agriculture, food and beverages and constitute an important source for the study of Belarusian material and spiritual culture.
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Беларускі фальклор у сучасных запісах
- Publisher / archive
- Выд-ва БДУ; Універсітэцкае
A series of folklore collections containing records of traditional Belarusian oral culture gathered in different regions of Belarus during the second half of the twentieth century. The publications include songs, rituals, legends, proverbs, sayings and other folklore materials together with information about the places where they were recorded. Their geographical attribution makes the series useful for studying regional patterns in traditional culture, including references to food, beverages and agricultural crops.
Used in research
Гародня X–XX стст. Каралеўскі горад з правінцыйным лёсам
- Author / compiler
- Аляксандр Смалянчук (рэдактар)
- Publisher / archive
- Гарадзенская бібліятэка; Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego
A collective history of Grodno from the tenth to the twentieth century, edited by Aliaksandr Smalianchuk. Covers political, economic and social history. Chapters by Jury Hardziejeu are relevant to municipal administration, urban economic life and water supply.
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Гродно и неманский водный путь. Конец XVIII – начало ХХ в.
- Author / compiler
- Андрэй Киштымов
- Publisher / archive
- Гарадзенскі палімпсест. ХІІ–ХХ стст. (сборник научной конференции)
A historical study of navigation, freight transport and commerce along the Neman River from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Includes information on imports into Grodno, notably porter, wine and goods from Prussia. Published on pages 136–144 of the conference proceedings.
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Гродноводоканал. 140 лет. 1876–2016. Водоворот истории
- Author / compiler
- ГУКПП «Гродноводоканал»; А. Ф. Вашкевич (исторические материалы); И. А. Юзвяк; И. В. Зенкевич; О. А. Далькевич (редакторы)
- Publisher / archive
- ГУКПП «Гродноводоканал»
A commemorative publication marking 140 years of organised water supply in Grodno. Discusses the development and historical background of the city's water infrastructure. Relevant to research on urban wells and water distribution systems.
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З вяршкамі і за чытаннем навін. Нашы продкі пілі каву па-еўрапейску
- Author / compiler
- Кірыл Карлюк
- Publisher / archive
- Наша гісторыя
An article by Кірыл Карлюк published in the Belarusian history magazine Наша гісторыя, issue No. 11 (40), 2021, devoted to the history of coffee consumption and associated domestic customs. It is relevant to research into changes in breakfast drinks and food culture in the Belarusian lands. The full contents of the article still require verification against the original issue.
Збор твораў у васьмі тамах. Т. 1. Вершы, паэмы
- Author / compiler
- Уладзімір Караткевіч
- Publisher / archive
- Мастацкая літаратура
The first volume of the eight-volume collected works of Uladzimir Karatkevich, containing poems and longer poetic works. It is relevant to the study of Belarusian beer culture as a literary source because it includes the poem “Заяц варыць піва”, which incorporates the image of beer brewing into twentieth-century Belarusian poetic tradition.
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Интернет-магазин «Новапермский пивовар»
- Publisher / archive
- Новапермский пивовар
An online retailer of ingredients and equipment for home production of beer and other beverages. The previous version of the article cited a product page for dried centaury as a modern example of this botanical ingredient being offered for home beverage making. The cited page did not load during the current check, so its contents should be verified again before publication.
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Иоанна Амоса Комения Видимый мир на латинском, российском, немецком, италианском и французском языках представленный; или Краткое введение, которым изъясняется, что обучающемуся юношеству легким способом не только языки, разумным упражнением, но также и вещи достойныя знания самонужнейшия должны быть вперены...
- Author / compiler
- Иоанн Амос Комений
- Publisher / archive
- Въ Университетской типографіи, у Н. Новикова
The second Moscow edition of an adaptation of Orbis Pictus in Latin, Russian, German, Italian and French, published in 1788. It documents the further circulation of Comenius's educational model in Russian-language education.
История пивоваренных заводов Гродно
- Author / compiler
- Ю. Ермак
A historical study of the development of breweries in Grodno. Relevant to the history of local brewing enterprises, the city's industrial development and traditions of beer production.
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История пивоварни Осипа Кунца
- Publisher / archive
- grodnobrowar.by
A historical resource about Osip Kuntz's brewery in Grodno. Relevant to the study of the city's brewing industry, local brewing traditions and industrial heritage.
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Магдэбургская Гародня
- Author / compiler
- Юры Гардзееў
- Publisher / archive
- -
A historical monograph by Jury Hardziejeu on the social topography and property relations of Grodno in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Relevant to the city's spatial organisation, economy and historical water supply.
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Между бродильными чанами и губернскими властями: гродненские винозаводчицы
- Author / compiler
- Юлия Ермак
- Publisher / archive
- Лехаим
A historical study of women's entrepreneurship in Grodno's alcohol industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Draws on archival records, including documents concerning Rakhil Andres's brewery No. 69, its equipment, production and sanitary conditions.
Original / digital copyNot yet used in published research.
Минералогия природных вод Беларуси и её значение в пищевой промышленности
- Author / compiler
- А. Н. Барышев; Ю. Ю. Соловей
- Publisher / archive
- БНТУ
A study of the mineral composition of natural waters in Belarus and its significance for the food industry. Relevant to regional water characteristics, water chemistry and technological applications in beverage production.
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Народнае вытворнае слова: З гаворкі Мсціслаўшчыны. Р — Я
- Author / compiler
- Г. Ф. Юрчанка
- Publisher / archive
- Навука і тэхніка
A dialectological dictionary of derived vocabulary from the speech of the Mstsislau region in eastern Belarus. It is valuable for studying local plant names, their meanings and word formation, allowing historical names of botanical ingredients to be compared with Belarusian dialect vocabulary.
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Народны сьпеўнік: на 1–3 галасы
- Author / compiler
- Антон Грыневіч
A collection of Belarusian folk songs arranged by folklorist, composer and folk-music collector Anton Hrynievič and published in Vilnius in 1920. The edition contains examples of the Belarusian song tradition documented during Hrynievič's collecting work. It is a valuable early published source on Belarusian musical folklore and traditional culture.
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Описание церкви деревни Ванюжичи Мозырьского павета за 1778 год
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- Нацыянальны гістарычны архіў Беларусі
An archival description of the church in the village of Vaniužyčy in Mazyr County dating from 1778, preserved in the National Historical Archives of Belarus. The document contains information on the local church, religious life, and related eighteenth-century accounts. For research into food history and beer culture, it is particularly relevant for its reference to warmed beer with sour cream being consumed as food and drink during a prolonged illness. National Historical Archives of Belarus, fond 136, inventory 1, file 41240, fol. 67v. Reference to a woman who, during a prolonged illness, consumed a small cup of warmed beer with sour cream daily.
Першыя назіранні ХІХ стагоддзя аб беларускай мове
- Author / compiler
- С. М. Запрудскі
- Publisher / archive
- Беларускі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт
A scholarly publication on the earliest nineteenth-century observations and descriptions of the Belarusian language. It is useful for understanding how Belarusian vocabulary was recorded and transmitted in early written sources, including the interpretation of historical transcriptions of local plant names.
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Писцовая книга Пинского и Клецкого княжеств, составленная Пинским старостою Станиславом Хвальчевским в 1552-1555 г.
- Author / compiler
- Станислав Хвальчевский; К. Снитко
- Publisher / archive
- Виленская комиссия для разбора и издания древних актов
A land survey book of the principalities of Pinsk and Kletsk compiled in 1552–1555 by the Pinsk starosta Stanisław Chwalczewski and published by the Vilna Archaeographic Commission in 1884. The document records landholdings, resources, obligations and economic activities in the Pinsk and Kletsk regions, including apiaries and land associated with beekeeping. It relates directly to the territory of present-day Belarus and is valuable for studying the economic foundations of forest beekeeping in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Original / digital copyРаслінны свет: тэматычны слоўнік
- Author / compiler
- В. Дз. Астрэйка і інш.; навук. рэд. Л. П. Кунцэвіч, А. А. Крывіцкі
- Publisher / archive
- Беларуская навука
A thematic dictionary of Belarusian plant vocabulary, including literary, vernacular and dialect names of plants and related terminology. It is useful for identifying traditional Belarusian plant names, including botanical ingredients encountered in historical descriptions of beverages and folk culture.
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Страны, люди, обычаи. ВСТРЕЧА С КОМЕНСКИМ.
- Author / compiler
- Б. РОДИОНОВ
- Publisher / archive
- Известия
A historical and cultural newspaper article on Comenius, Sárospatak, his educational legacy and the circulation of Orbis Pictus. The digital copy preserves information about the original 1981 newspaper publication.
Original / digital copyТурецко-татарско-русский словарь нарѣчий: османскаго, крымскаго и кавказскаго, с приложением краткой грамматики
- Author / compiler
- Лазарев Лазарь Эммануилович
A nineteenth-century Turkish-Tatar-Russian dictionary covering Ottoman, Crimean and Caucasian vocabulary and including a concise grammar. It serves as a linguistic source for examining possible parallels and origins of historically recorded words and names, including the form “Zindelika”.
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Ты — гэта ты
- Author / compiler
- Данута Бічэль-Загнетава
- Publisher / archive
- Мастацкая літаратура
A poetry collection by the Belarusian poet Danuta Bichel-Zahnetava. For research into vernacular plant terminology and its connection with brewing traditions, it provides literary evidence for the use of the name “заячы хмель” and references to centaury.
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Україна та сусідні землі в XVIII ст. Подорожі барона фон Кампенгаузена
- Author / compiler
- Лейон Пірс Бальтазар фон Кампенгаузен
- Publisher / archive
- ФОП Рябцев В.В.
A modern Ukrainian edition of the travel notes of Leyon Pierce Balthasar von Campenhausen. The volume is based on observations made during his travels in the 1780s and 1790s and includes a German-to-Ukrainian translation, commentary and a preface by Oleh Poloz, with scholarly editing by Oleksii Sokyrko. It is particularly useful for working with Campenhausen's historical account because it enables comparison of the German source with a modern annotated translation and provides additional historical and geographical context.
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Физико-химические процессы самообезжелезивания в питьевой воде
- Author / compiler
- В. И. Кучинская
- Publisher / archive
- Минский университет
A work concerning the physicochemical processes involved in the natural removal of iron from drinking water. Relevant to understanding iron oxidation and precipitation, natural water quality and water treatment for food production.
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Функціональне призначення і назви керамічного посуду XVI–XVIII століть
- Author / compiler
- Леся Чміль
- Publisher / archive
- Музей історії Десятинної церкви
A study of the functions and historical names of ceramic vessels of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries based on archaeological and written evidence. It is useful for identifying vessel forms and terminology of the early modern period.
Original / digital copyХимический состав и качество родниковых вод г. Гродно
- Author / compiler
- И. Ф. Карпович; Н. Г. Синякевич
- Publisher / archive
- Вестник БГТУ
A study of the chemical composition and quality of spring waters in Grodno. Relevant to research on natural water mineralisation, physicochemical characteristics and suitability for technological processes, including brewing.
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