SC - FoodTV (long!)
Christine A Seelye-King
mermayde at juno.com
Tue Dec 19 09:00:32 PST 2000
I had forgotten the Taciunum Sanitatas. I was thinking about some quotes I
came across in a history of the banana and the commercial banana trade (from
about 1929 and long out of print). I didn't go looking for the sources at
the time, and I can't recall if the information made it into my notes.
Bear
> _The Four Seasons of the House of Cerruti_ is based on an Arab text,
> of which I think the Latin version is Taciunum Sanitatas. It mentions
> bananas as being grown in Sicily, I believe, but the picture was
> pretty clearly drawn by someone who had never seen one.
> --
> David Friedman
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