SC - Millet recipe

[Philip & Susan Troy]

While paging through the topic synopses in the Humanities section of the
online Medici Archive I found the following quote.  Question:  does Indian
grain (grani d' India) mean corn as in maize, or is it some other grain?

Regina

1548:

"In an unsigned and undated note, probably in the hand of Lorenzo Pagni,
between two dated drafts of letters from Duke Cosimo, ording Pierfrancesco
Riccio to have "Indian" grain planted in the field below the Vivaio in the
garden at the Villa at Castello."

Italian Extract: "[...] Scrivere al Maiordomo (Pierfrancesco Riccio) che
faccia sementare il campo ch'e sotto il vivaio a Castello de' grani d' India
[...]"



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