SC - Myths -- Taillevent

[Decker, Terry D.]

If we were talking German, I think we would be talking about a knight
(Ritter or "rider").  "Ecuyer" roughly translates as "rider".  However, this
is French and the word appears to derive from the Old French "escuier" or
esquire.  The term is likely being used to describe petite nobility, actual
rank being determined by the custom of time and place.

Bear

> My 1961 edition (English Translation) says that he was under Charles VI
> "premier ecuyer de cuisine et maistre des garisons de cuisine de France"
> It
> translates that as "head cook and master of the garrisons of France".
> While
> I do not read French the translation does not seem to scan.
> 
> Daniel Raoul
>