[Sca-cooks] French table Service and Web site - xlation part one

[vicki shaw]

Well, i jsut could not resist!  I had to start the translation.  Here is a
quick xlation of the first paragraph under the heading Le Service du vin
selon Olivier de la Marche

The Wine Service according to.....

In the framework of the grand courts of time - and specifically to the Court
of Bourgogne - there developed a literature whose goal to meticulously
regulate the organization of feasts, the succession of courses, and the
services (probably here it means the dishes, the cutlery, the glassware,
etc).  The most famous treatise was written Olivier de la Marche:  it is the
state of the House of the duke Charles de Bourgogne said the Daring and also
The Foolhardy.
As Maitre D, de la Marche is not only responsible for advising the kitchens
of the dishes his master desires to have at his table, but also to organise
the meals to his satisfaction.
The wine service is ensured by the Echanson (could not find a xlation for
this word; probably the person responsible for the wine cellars or something
like that) who mainly sees to the mixing of wine to water according to the
preference (or taste) of the prince.
The seating is choreographed by the Maitre D like a ballet, where each
[guest], according to his rank, his place and his function is placed.

Ok, that's it for the first para.  More tomorrow
vicki

Angharad ferch Iorwerth; MKA Vicki Shaw
Barony Beyond the Mountain
East Kingdom
vhsjvs at gis.net

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mairi Ceilidh" <jjterlouw at earthlink.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] French table Service and Web site


> No need to scan.  The pages are at:
>
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/gastro/index.htm
>
> The first column on this page is translated into English at a link
accessed
> from the home page.  The second and third columns are apparently not
> translated.  The third column has a section that is an oral commentary on
> the banquet depicted in the painting.  (Hopefully this will make sense
when
> you see the site.)  Just click on the desired heading in each column.  I
> know that I would love to know what the rest of the commentary says, but,
> you know, it's all French to me.
>
> Mairi Ceilidh
>
>
>
> > if you can scan those passages and send them to me, I will be happy to
> xlate
> > them for you as French is my first language, well, both English and
> French,
> > really, since Ilearned them simultaneously.  I am at anyone's service
for
> > xlations anytime.
> >
> > Angharad ferch Iorwerth; MKA Vicki Shaw
> > Barony Beyond the Mountain
> > East Kingdom
> > vhsjvs at gis.net
> >
>
>
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