[Sca-cooks] Sultan's Book of Delights-- late 15th century

[Huette von Ahrens]

I did try ABE Books, but since the book actually
hasn't been published yet, nothing was found.

Huette

--- "Martin G. Diehl" <mdiehl at nac.net> wrote:

> Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> > 
> > I have been trying to order this book, but
> > the publisher won't let me.  Amazon says that
> > the book is "out of print--limited
> availablity".
> > Even Barnes and Noble says it is "not
> available
> > at this time".  Where else could I purchase
> > this?
> 
> Did you try any online stores offering
> 'previously read' 
> books (that was PCspeak for 'used books')?  
> 
> http://www.alibris.com
> http://www.abebooks.com
> http://www.strandbooks.com/home/
> 
> > Huette
> > 
> > --- Johnna Holloway
> > <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > > Here's a new one from Routledge.
> > >
> > > Johnnae llyn Lewis
> > >
> > > The NI'Matnama Manuscript of the Sultans of
> > > Mandu: The Sultan's Book of Delights
> > >
> > > # 576 pages (February 2005)
> > > # Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
> > > # ISBN: 041535059X
> > >
> > > 115 US dollars
> > >
> > > Routledge says:
> > >
> > > The Ni'matnama is a late fifteenth-century
> book of 
> > > recipes written for the Sultan of Mandu, in
> what is now 
> > > Madhya Pradesh, India. It contains recipes
> for cooking 
> > > a variety of delicacies and epicurean
> delights, as well 
> > > as providing remedies and aphrodisiacs for
> Nasir ad-Din 
> > > Shah of Mandu and his court. The text
> provides a unique 
> > > account of courtly life in a fifteenth
> century Indian 
> > > Sultanate and documents a fascinating stage
> in the 
> > > history of Indian cookery.
> > >
> > > There is only one copy of The Sultan's Book
> of Delights 
> > > in existence, held in the Oriental and
> India Office 
> > > Collections of the British Library
> (BL-Persian 149). 
> > > The book manuscript is illustrated with
> fifty elegant 
> > > miniature paintings, most of which show
> showing the 
> > > Sultan observing the women of his court as
> they prepare 
> > > and serve him various dishes. These
> illustrations are 
> > > important historical art documents in their
> own right.  
> > > Painted in a distinctive Shirazi (Southern
> Iranian) 
> > > style, they are also stylistically
> influenced by 
> > > indigenous styles of book painting found in
> Central 
> > > and Western India, and are the earliest
> known example 
> > > of miniature painting in an Islamic Deccani
> style.  
> > >
> > > For the first time, a facsimile of the
> original text 
> > > is reproduced for a scholarly audience.
> Norah Titley, 
> > > formerly assistant keeper, Oriental
> Collections at the 
> > > British Library, has masterfully translated
> this unique 
> > > book.
> > >
> > >
> > > Contents:
> > > 1. Preface 
> > > 2. Introduction 
> > > 3. List and description of the manuscript's
> illustrations 
> > > 4. Facsimile of the manuscript including
> colour inserts 
> > >    for illustrations 
> > > 5. Translation of the manuscript 
> > > 6. Bibliography 
> > > 7. Glossary 
> > > 8. Index 
> 
> Vincenzo
> 
> -- 
> Martin G. Diehl
> 
>
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