[Sca-cooks] Dutch oven question

[Vincent Cuenca]

Does anyone have information about or pictures of a device called a "testo"?
  According to the descriptions I've read, it's a three legged iron pot with
a thick lid.  You can pile coals around and on top of it so that it
functions like a small oven.

While the cast iron Dutch oven that we know of is not necessarily period, it
strikes me that it functions in the same way as a testo.  De Nola has a
number of recipes calling for the pot or pan in question to have coals
heaped on the top of the lid.

Any ideas?

Vicente

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