Beethoven's household accounts for July 12-13 and August 8-9, 1823 (?)

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Filename: IFBms6
PID: islandora:445
Title: Beethoven's household accounts for July 12-13 and August 8-9, 1823 (?)
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Holzmann, Barbara, b. 1755 (housekeeper)
Date issued: 1823
Place: Vienna
Language: ger
Description: Single leaf (2 p.) of a household account book with two columns on each page, written primarily in ink by a servant (probably Barbara Holzmann) and annotated by Beethoven in pencil, with his conversational annotations on one portion.
File Format: image/jpg
Extent: 39 x 24 cm. (15.25 x 9.5 in.)
Object type: Manuscript document
Tags: Manuscripts
Subject, LCSH: Manuscripts
Subject, TGM: Grocery lists
Subject, local: Household account records
Collection: Beethoven Center Manuscripts
Repository: The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University
Rights: This work is in the public domain and therefore the digital images attached to this catalog record may be used without permission. Credit statements for these images should read “From the collections of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San José State University.” For information on obtaining higher resolution reproductions and permission to publish, see the Beethoven Center's website https://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/collection/library-materials/index.php
Location: Beethoven Vault
Transcript: The leaf lists items purchased on four days (July 12-13 and August 8-9) in two columns. For July 12-13 the list continues on the back of the leaf and includes (English translations in parentheses): Rinntfleisch (Beef) Löhber (Liver) Mahärg (Marrow) Sant (Mustard) Esseich (Vinegar) Zuhspeies(Vegetables) Krens (Horseradish) Ertofeln (Potatoes) Rühnähteln (Dumplings) Brief fränkiert Kost schets gelt (Letter franked cost estimate) Zweiffel (Onions) obers (cream) Semeln (Rolls) Buhter (Butter) Hentel fühter (Chicken feed) Kierzen (Candles) Semel albahne (Rolls, stale) Zir (Eggs) Germ (Yeast) Rum (Rum) Reis(Rice) Fleisch (Meat) Löhber (Liver) Lechziehr (Elixir) fohrn flahssenkel zu trahgen (For carrying bottles) fohrlan auflaen (To advance on wages) Fuhr Lan auf Santz mahs (To wages on Saint’s Day) Böhsen (Broom) Bahr Wies (Polish) Weissen Wein (White wine) Rohten Wein (Red wine) fruhstuch (Breakfast) tähffel öhl (Table oil) Lamben öhl (Lamp oil) fohrdieh Kraschtuch zuschrieben (For writing for the gauze cloth) The list for August 8-9 includes: Rinntfleisch (Beef) Löhber (Liver) Mährg (Marrow) Kriens (Horseradish) Rum (Rum) Zuhspeis (Vegatables) obers (Cream) Miehlich (Milk) Zuhger (Sugar) Reis (Rice) Ziemert (Cinnamon) Kierzen (Candles) Essiech (Vinegar) henteln fuh (Chicken feed) 3 Bah hentel 1/6 (3 Roasting chickens 1/6) 4 flahsen (4 bottles) 6 tehler 1 kost 22 (6 plates 1 costs 22) Buhter (butter) Eir (eggs) Ries (rice) Löhs Pabier (Loose paper) Other items purchased on August 9, listed on the back of the leaf, include: Rinntfleisch (Beef) Löhber (Liver) Mährg (Marrow) Zuhspeis (Vegetables) Kriens (Horseradish) Zwieffel (Onions) Sauhramffer (Sorrel) Fuhter hentel (Chicken feed) Kierzen (Candles) Kreitel (Herbs) Zuhger (Sugar) fuhrlan (For wages) obers (Cream) Semeln (Rolls) Buhter (Butter) Brief (Letter) The servant also adds a note in pencil: “I shall give the measure to the grinder straight away. He is to do it and fetch them straight away for after the celebration I shall take two loads of feed as I shall have … to …”
Provenance: Acquired by Ira Brilliant from Richard Macnutt in 1992 and donated to the Beethoven Center in 2002. IFB ms 6: m2a0006