SC - Platina

[Mary Morman]

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:50:24 -0400
From: Angie Malone <alm4 at cornell.edu>
Subject: SC - Platina
 
Someone gave me a copy of Platina, De honesta Voluptate Which is VOlumbe
5 from the mallinckrodt collection of food classics which was published
in 1967 and comes in a black box.

It has it translated on the left and the  untranslated on the right.
The person paid a king's ransom for it.  As much as it would've cost for
the Milham version.  I was thinking of returning it and getting the
Milham version.  Does anyone have an opinion of the Milham version or if
you know of the version that I have opinions on that would be welcome.

Angeline

I have both and I would get the Milham version.  I don't read Latin, so
I can't speak to which is the more accurate translation.  However, the
Milham version provides about a 45 page chronology of Platina's life and
assements of his character (he rose from humble origins to become
librarian of the Vatican library, although he twice wound up in jail for
getting on the wrong side of Pope Paul II).  She provides close to 40
pages of literary analysis, including his sources, his originality, and
the textual history of De honesta voluptate.  She also identifies the
friends mentioned by Platina, and includes a chronological listing of
all of Platina's works.  The Milham version gave me a much better feel
for what he accomplished and how he did it.

Amazon has the Milham version for $32.00.

John le Burguillun
Nottinghill Coill, Atlantia
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