[Sca-cooks] A Noble Book of Royal Feasts

[johnna holloway]

As I have said before,
It will be 2003 or possibly 2004 for publication.
I have been in correspondence with the editor and
there is much that remains to be done.

Johnna Holloway   Johnnae llyn Lewis

Joe Fling wrote:> Hello all!>
> I went to the web site and sent them a message and today I got the following> reply:snipped-->
> I'll post updates as I get them.>
> JohnM.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
> That's just it, they didn't miss it.  It is more commonly referred to as
> the
> > Pynson edition of The Boke of Cookery.  The only known copy is at
> Longleat.
> > The book is known primarily to antiquarian bibliophiles and culinary
> > historians.  The news article is a little more hyperbolic than factual
> about
> > this "new" find.
> >
> >  A number of culinary scholars have seen and worked with the text, but for
> > various reasons Johnna documented in her presentation at CooksCon II, no
> one
> > has published a full transcription and translation.   As a guess, I would say that Kate Harris, the Longleat librarian, may be> one> > of the prime movers in getting the book out of limbo.> >> > Bear