SC - Feast entertainment

[Jeanne Stapleton]

Among the versions of 'The viandier', the text of the Vatican manuscript
is outstanding. Scully used this version as a basis for his translation,
and Pichon/Vicaire highly estimated this manuscript too. An electronic
version following the Pichon/Vicaire edition of this manuscript is now
online at:

- --   http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/vi-vat.htm

Please, note, that there are some emendations suggested in the notes of
Pichon/Vicaire, that are not (always) reproduced in the electronic
version. If possible, use this electronic text together with its printed
version.

Second: it is an open question to date, whether or not Taillevent is the
"author" of (all of) these recipes. The earliest manuscript of the
'Viandier', the manuscript of Sion, antedates the lifetime of
Taillevent. See Scully's book 'The Viandier of Taillevent' for the
details and for the textual history of this family of cookery
manuscripts.

Have fun,
Thomas
(Please report any errors that might have escaped me!)