[Sca-cooks] Fwd: History of pasta

[Terry Decker]

Yes.  And the Decameron has a publication date of 1353.

The painting in question is Flemish early 15th Century illustrating a scene 
from the Decameron.  There were three Flemish artists who used the Decameron 
for inspiration in that period.

The fact that the inspiration was fictional has no bearing on the accuracy 
of the gastronomic portion of the painting.  Amorous accuracy, I leave to 
individual opinion.  There is at least one other Decameron inspired painting 
in the exhibit, entitled Gastronomie Medievale, roughly translating to 
Medieval Good Eats.  There are a number of other illustrations from other 
sources in the exhibit.

Bear



> Is everyone aware that the Decameron is a series of fictional stories 
> written by Boccacio?
>
> Cordelia Toser
>
> Huette von Ahrens <ahrenshav at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here is what I saw. It is under the heading "Repas".
>
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/gastro/grands/113.htm
>
> And this is the caption under the picture:
>
> Deux repas par jour
> Boccace, Le Décaméron, Flandres, 1432
> Paris, BnF, Arsenal, manuscrit 5070 fol. 304
>
> On the left there is a couple dining and on the right, in what appears to 
> be a red room,
> the woman is lying on something while they are kissing/embrasing.
>
> Huette
>
> --- Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
>> Huette mentioned:
>> > The pictures are interesting, especially the one where the couple are
>> > having sex after dining.
>>
>> I didn't see anything that could be interpreted as that. There were
>> the dining in the bathtub scenes, which I've seen before. I wonder if
>> those were taken from real events or were allegorical. And a bagpiper!
>>
>> Unfortunately, when I do find I want to document something or see
>> such pictures for a possible project, I can never find the pictures I
>> remembered seeing previously. Or remember which ones had which
>> interesting details. These pictures had a lot of interesting kitchen
>> and food preparation scenes. How does anyone else handle this problem?
>>
>> > Too bad everything is in French. Even the video looks interesting
>> > dispite the narration being in French. Sigh.
>>
>> Yes. I could pick out a few words, but I'd really like to know what
>> they were saying about various scenes. Whether they were telling a
>> story of a person or event, or just what.
>>
>> Stefan