ANST - A period early wine/cordial referance.

[Stefan li Rous]

The following message was just published on the SCA-Arts list. I thought
some of the brewers or cordial makers here might be interested. I have
no idea where to find a copy, as this seems to indicate only 350 copies
were made. But Thora, at least, has apparently seen a copy.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net

> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 18:24:26 -0500
> From: capriest at cs.vassar.edu (Carolyn Priest-Dorman)
> To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
> Subject: Re: liquers/cordials
> 
> >Does anybody have a source for period liquer/cordial recipes?
> >Morgaine of Glastonbury
> 
> |   AUTHOR: Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311.
> |    TITLE: The earliest printed book on wine,
> |    PLACE: New York,
> |PUBLISHER: Schuman's,
> |     YEAR: 1943
> | PUB TYPE: Book
> |   FORMAT: 44 p., facsim. ([30] p.), incl. front. (port.) 1 col. illus. 26
> |           cm.
> |    NOTES: Translation and facsimile of Der tractat Arnoldi de Noua villa,
> |           von bewarug vn beraitug der wein, 1478, Wilhelm von Hirnkofen's
> |           version of the Tractatus de vinis.
> |           "Limited to three hundred and fifty copies."
> |  SUBJECT: Wine and wine making.
> |           Wine -- Therapeutic use.
> |    OTHER: Hirnkofen, Wilhelm von, called Renwart, fl.1478, tr.
> 
> The reference, Arnaldus of Villanova's book about wines and
> winemaking, also contains several medicinal cordial recipes.  Mainly they
> involve steeping herbs in wine for various health reasons.  There are no
> SCA-style sweet cordials in the book, but there is one that I'm very fond
> of, called something like "wine that's good for the whole body."  It's wine
> boiled with sugar, rose water, and some spices, and you're supposed to drink
> a few ounces of it at a time.
> 
> Carolyn Priest-Dorman                 Thora Sharptooth
> capriest at cs.vassar.edu                Frostahlid, Austrriki

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