[Sca-cooks] Summa Lacticiniorum

[Rikke D. Giles]

Greetings all,

Four years ago there was mentioned on this list the Summa  
Lacticiniorum, a work in Medieval Latin by Pantaleo de Confluentia,  
according to Stefan's Florilegium. The mention at the time, by Jakys  
the Cheesemonger, said that one copy had been found, buried in a modern  
paper in Italian by Irma Naso.  They were attempting to translate the  
Summa but having some rough going.

Does anyone know what happened to this work and the translation?  I am  
interested in getting a copy in the original latin, if possible.  I can  
translate it myself, most likely (3 years of medieval latin in Grad  
school will do that to you).  I am also interested in the translation,  
if that is available.

In return I can offer an English translation of the Jacobus Bifrons  
Epistolam, written in 1556 and on the subject of cheesemaking in  
Switzerland, with a few comparisons to how it's done in Italy and  
Germany.  I'm working on polishing up my translation, but it should be  
on the 'net shortly.

I am doing cheesemaking for an A&S competition, using my small herd of  
dairy goats for the milk.  But me being the way I am, my interest has  
naturally turned to the desire for more in depth knowledge on the  
history of cheese and cheesemaking, and a look at original sources.

Yours in Cheesy Service,

Aelianora de Wintringham
Barony of Dragon's Laire
Kingdom of An Tir

mka Rikke Giles
FoxDog Farm
Kingston WA