SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #1339

[Lenny Zimmermann]

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:43:33 +0100, Lucretzia wrote:

>I want to buy a copy of Platina, but am a bit up in the air as to which
book
>is best. Here are the three I have managed to find for sale;
>
>Jerred Metz "The Temperate Voluptuary; Freely rendered from Platina's
>cookbook, on its 500th anniversary." 1975, Capra Press

Bona Dies Illustrissima Madonna,

I'm not certain of the accuracy of this work, as the only copy I found
available was for around $80 and there was a note mentioning something about
woodcuts, leading me to believe this was a work devoted more to whatever
pictures were intent in "Platina's Cookbook". I have NOT seen a copy of this
book, however, so I really don't know what is in it, that is simply
conjecture and it could easily be a very wrong conjecture at that.

>Venice, L De Aguila, "Platina De Honesta Voluptate" 1967, Mallinckrodt
>collection of Food Classics  translation of rare 1475 cookbook

This work I do have, and it provides a side-by-side Latin-English
translation. It is a fairly decent transcription where the author noted
having some problems translating the 16th Century Italian. I find it to be a
very nice piece of work, but not knowing any Latin, cannot vouch for the
complete accuracy of it. It is an excellent source, however.

>Platina, Mary Ella Milham "Platina : On Right Pleasure and Good Health"
>1998, Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, v.168

This is a new one to me. Is this a discussion of Platina's text, or a
transcription (possibly with notes) of that text? I'd have to look a bit
farther to find out, but personally I wouldn't mind acquiring it, either
way.

If it's quite affordable I would definitely go with the Mallinckrodt
collection book, as at the very least you are certain to get a full
transcription of the text. This last intrigues me greatly, though. I'll let
you know if I find out more, if you would do me the same kindness should you
find out more on it!

Honos Servio,

Lionardo Acquistapace
Bjornsborg, Ansteorra
(Lenny Zimmermann, San Antonio, TX)
zarlor at acm.org

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