[Sca-cooks] anthimus

[Chris Stanifer]

--- "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> >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.
> 
> The difference is, we know we can document Anthimus and his work. the 
> question, though, seems to be whether a 15th-century person could do 
> the same; I get the feeling Jadwiga is writing from within her 
> persona, and is wondering if Jadwiga would have heard of him (or some 
> permutation thereof).


Oh.  That makes sense, then.  

WdG


 

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