[Sca-cooks] Roman Baker's Mark photo

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'Lainie commented:
>Forwarded this news from SCA-bakers. Saw the photo and it's wonderfully
>clear. I only wonder how it would be used. I thought the marks were put
>UNDER the loaf.....
>
>Aoife
>
>Photo of roman Baker's mark:
>http://www.ancient-art.com/images/a511.jpg

If you put it underneath it's obliterated during baking. Baker's stamps (at
least to my knowledge) in the MA were done on top. I'll bet Bear has more
info though...
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Yes, apparently on top. You can find some more info about bread stamps
in this Florilegium file:
bread-stamps-msg   (9K)  2/ 8/01    Stamps used to leave insignia in bread.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BREADS/bread-stamps-msg.html

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net