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A recipe Book in Search of an Owner: Perfumery, Medicine and Confections in the House of the Seventh Duke of Montalto (1635-1666) ABSTRACT. Document number thirty from the manuscripts of the Count of Harrach, preserved in the Vienna State Archives, is an exceptionally interesting home recipe book that contains numerous personal annotations by a person whose identity we will reveal in this article. A detailed analysis of the manuscript has led us to discover the owner and author of the annotations, as well as get a better understanding of the significance of perfume for the noble elite of the Spanish monarchy. Las anotaciones destapan toda la red familiar y clientelar del VII duque de Montalto a la que pertenecen la mayor parte de las recetas, incluso hay una suscrita por el mismo duque: una memoria para perfumar aguas una «nota [que] estava entre las recetas de mi suegro el duque de alcala mi señor»24 , frase que sólo puede ser de este noble que se presenta cual apasionado de los perfumes y aromas «fuertes»25, en palabras del dueño del recetario. ¿Quién es este misterioso personaje, criado del VII duque de Montalto y su esposa doña Catalina Moncada?

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