[Sca-cooks] anthimus

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Johnna Holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu> wrote:
> Anthimus according to Mark Grant wasn't published and widely distributed 
> until 1864.
> There are apparently 9 surviving
> manuscripts or portions thereof. These include
>   one from the 9th century; one 17th century; another that differs written
> after 849; another 11th century; a very bad 14th or 15th century one 
> that is judged to be useless;
> a 10th century one that is partially useful and a partial (first chapter 
> and into only) one dating from
> the 11th or 12th century.
> Ok, so would they have known about him or not? Question would be of 
> course did anyone in the
> Medieval period or Renaissance talk about him or his works?


What difference does it make whether the mass populace knew of him or not?  Or whether he was
mentioned in other works of the time?  As long as his work is documentably period (which it is),
it will provide a snapshot of the culinary landscape of the region in period.

WdG

Through teeth of sharks, the Autumn barks.....and Winter squarely bites me.


	
		
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