[Sca-cooks] Since things are quiet. What do you want for Christmas?

Tallan Family dtallan8500 at rogers.com
Sat Dec 9 05:57:28 PST 2006


If you can't wait, there are plenty of resources on the Internet that  
will let you do some more in-depth research. Here are some of the ones  
I use:

Primary Sources

English or Translated Sources

·      Andalusian Cookbook (Moorish/Spanish 13thC)
(http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/ 
andalusian_contents.htm)

·      Mead recipe from Tractatus de magnete et operationibus eius  
(English 13thC)
(http://www.uab.edu/reynolds/tractatus/folio20r.htm)

·      Enseignements qui enseingnent a apareillier toutes manieres de  
viandes (French c. 1300)
(http://www.medievalcookery.com/notes/lessons.shtm)

·      Ein Buch von guter spise (German c.1345-1354)
(http://cs-people.bu.edu/akatlas/Buch/buch.html) - Note: I've been  
warned about errors in this translation.

·      Le Viandier de Taillevent (French 14th C)
(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/data/viandier/ 
viandier1.html)

·      Forme of Cury (English c.1390)
(http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/foc/)

·      Le Menagier de Paris (French c.1390)
(http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Menagier/ 
Menagier_Contents.html)

·      Libro di cucina and Libro per cuoco (Anonimo Veneziano) (Italian  
14th 15th C)
(http://www.geocities.com/helewyse/libro.html)

·      Anonimo Toscano, Libro della Cocino (Italian late 14th or early  
15th C)
(http://www.geocities.com/anahita_whitehorse/LibroDellaCocina.html)

·      Chiquart: De Fait de Cuisine (French c.1420)
(http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Du_Fait_de_Cuisine/ 
du_fait_de_c_contents.html)

·      Liber Cure Cocorum (English c.1430)
(http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lcc/)

·      Austen: Two Fifteenth-century Cookery Books (English c.1430 1450)
(http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/c/cme/cme-idx?type=HTML& 
rgn=TEI.2&byte=3356093)

·      Two Fifteenth Century Cookery-books - search (English c.1430  
1450)
(http://www.bookofrefreshments.com/cgi-bin/tfccb.pl)

·      Das Kochbuch des Meisters Eberhard (German 15thC)
(http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Eberhard-art.html)

·      Ein Kochbuch aus dem Archiv des Deutschen Ordens (German 15thC)
(http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Konigsberg-art.html)

·      MS Pepys 1047 (English 15thC)
(http://www.godecookery.com/pepys/pepys.htm)

·      Inntalkochbuch (German late 15th early 16th C)
(http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Inntal-art.html)

·      Wel ende edlike spise (Dutch c1500)
(http://www.coquinaria.nl/kooktekst/)

·      Manual de mujeres en el cual se contienen muchas y diversas  
recetas muy buenas (Spanish 16thC)
(http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/manual.htm)

·      Een notabel boecxken van cokeryen (Dutch c.1510)
(http://users.pandora.be/willy.vancammeren/NBC/index.htm)

·      Libro del Coch Pt.1 (Spanish c.1529)
(http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados1-art.html)

·      Libro del Coch Pt. 2 (Spanish c.1529)
(http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados2-art.html)

·      Von Speisen, natuerlichen und kreuter Wein, aller verstand  
(German c.1531)
(http://cs-people.bu.edu/akatlas/Speisen/about.html)

·      A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye (English c.1545)
(http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/bookecok.htm)

·      Sabrina Welserin (German c.1553)
(http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Sabrina_Welserin.html)

·      Ein New Kochbuch (German c.1581)
(http://clem.mscd.edu/~grasse/GK_Rumpolt1.htm)

·      A Book of Cookrye (English c.1591)
(http://jducoeur.org/Cookbook/Cookrye.html)

Untranslated Sources

·      Monumenta Culinaria et Diaetetica Historica: Corpus of culinary  
& dietetic texts of Europe from the Middle Ages to 1800 (Thomas  
Gloning’s collection)
(http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/kobu.htm)

·      Grewe Biblioteca Collection: Facsimiles of 16th century dietary  
and culinary texts from the collections of the University of Barcelona
(http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/grewe1.htm)

·      Anthimus, De observatione ciborum (Latin, 6thC)
(http://www.accademiajr.it/bibvirt/anthimi.html)

·      Fedalat Al-Jiwan fi tayyibat al-ta'am wa-l-alwan by Abu l-Hasan  
'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abí l-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abí Bakr ibn Razin  
al-Tuyibi al-Andalusí (Spanish c.1228-1243) (Archived)
(http://web.archive.org/web/20050206154555/http://www.ateneu.com/ 
receptes/arabigo.html)

·      De flore dietarum (Latin, early 13thC)
("http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/c/cantalupo/ 
un_trattatello_medioevale_salernitano_sull_alimentazione_etc/html/ 
index.htm)

·      Kokebokmanuskript (Norwegian, c.1300)
(http://www.notaker.com/onlitxts/molbech.htm)

·      Um tratado da cozinha portuguesa do século XV (Portuguese, 15thC)
(http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/FichaObra.html?portal=0&Ref=10453)

·      Johannes de Bockenheim, Registrum coquine (Latin, c1431-1435)
(http://expositions.bnf.fr/gastro/grands/171.htm)

·      Eenen seer schoonen ende excellenten Cocboeck, Carolus Battus  
(Dutch, c.1593)
(http://www.kookhistorie.com/cb/index_cb.htm)

Related Sources

Accounts

·      Household expenses of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster c1313-14
(http://www.saradouglass.com/primdocs/expenses.html)

·      Account roll (compotus) of the manor of Presteigne c1384-5
(http://history.powys.org.uk/history/prest/compot1.html)

·      William Wey, What to bring on a sea-voyage to Jerusalem 15thC
(http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/varia/pilgrimage/wm- 
wey.html)

·      Expenses of Aragonese ambassadors in England c1415
(http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/lifemann/manners/ 
aragon.html)

·      Account roll (compotus) of Miaxter() Priory c1424-5
(http://www.saradouglass.com/primdocs/acctroll.html)

Manners and Service

·      The Babee’s Book
(http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/babees_rickert.pdf)

·      The Menagier, A Wife's Duties c.1393
(http://www.saradouglass.com/primdocs/goodman.html)

·      A Generall rule to teche euery man that is willynge for to  
lerne… to serve a lorde or mayster 15thC
(http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/c/cme/cme-idx?type=HTML& 
rgn=TEI.2&byte=11992541)

·      Stans puer ad mensam 15thC
(http://www.saradouglass.com/primdocs/tablebear2.html)

·      John Russell’s Book of Nurture c.1460
(http://jrider.web.wesleyan.edu/wescourses/2001f/fren234/01/ 
bookofnurture.htm)

·      Urbanitatis c.1460
(http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/lifemann/manners/ 
urbanit.html)

·      The Little Children's Little Book c.1480
(http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/lifemann/manners/ 
childbk.html)

·      The Boke of Kervynge c.1508
(http://milkmama.tripod.com/kervynge2.html)

·      The manner of serving a knight, esquire, or gentleman at table  
c.1577
(http://www.saradouglass.com/primdocs/serv.html)

Others

·      Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum
(http://www.godecookery.com/regimen/regimen.htm)

·      Tacuinum Sanitatis 
(http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin.htm)

Miscellaneous Sites and Resources

·      Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages
(http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1265/calcohol.html)

·      ASPNS Bibliography 6: Agriculture & Food History
(http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/EngLang/ihsl/projects/ASPNS/bib6.htm)

·      Building and Using a Medieval-Style Hemispherical Bake Oven
(http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/brikoven.html)

·      Chiquart chronologie livres cuisine medievale
(http://chiquart.free.fr/chrono.htm)

·      Demi-Sun Bakery: Medieval Baking
(http://www.whirlwind-design.com/madbaker/demisun.html)

·      Dictionary.com
(http://www.dictionary.com/translate/)

·      Eating Utensils
(http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/feastgear.htm)

·      Feast Gear: Tableware and Eating Utensils links
(http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php? 
action=displaycat&catid=737)

·      Feast Illuminations
(http://www.godecookery.com/afeast/afeast.htm)

·      Food Timeline
(http://www.foodtimeline.org/)

·      Francesco Sirene, Spicer
(http://www.silk.net/sirene)

·      Humoural Theory
(http://home.earthlink.net/~mkcooks/HumouralTheory.htm)

·      Manuscript Abbreviations
(http://www.sca.org.au/cunnan/wiki/Manuscript_reproduction)

·      Medieval Farm Management Treatises
(http://www.minarsas.demon.co.uk/harn/farming/index.htm)

·      Medieval Food for Vegetarians
(http://web.archive.org/web/20020804174835/http://infotrope.net/sca/ 
cooking/veg/)

·      Medieval-Renaissance Food Clip-Art Collection
(http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food-art/)

·      Middle English Dictionary
(http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/med/)

·      Online Culinary History Network
(http://culinaryhistory.org/)

·      The Origins and Antecedents of Italian Renaissance Cuisine
(http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/oak/11/italren.htm)

·      Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery Index
(http://members.tripod.com/rdeh/sympcontents.html)

·      Pepperer's Guild Order Page
(http://members.cox.net/periac/page2.html)

·      A review of the archaeological evidence for food plants from the  
British Isles
(http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue1/tomlinson/toc.html)

·      Suggestions to the Novice on Cooking Large Quantities of Food  
with Inadequate Facilities for Great Crowds of People
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/jpolowin/Cookguid.htm)

·      Viking Food
(http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/food.shtml)

Of course, there are also a ton of sites people have set up on the  
topic of medieval cooking. Here are a few general resource sites, they  
should point to most of the rest.

·      Gavvin’s Keep: The Kitchen (Archived)
(http://web.archive.org/web/20040603014015/http://applink.net/wolfpack/ 
kitchen.html)

·      GodeCookery.com
(http://www.godecookery.com/)

·      Katja's Medieval Cooking & Food Page
(http://www.katjaorlova.com/MedFood.html)

·      Medieval Cookery
(http://www.medievalcookery.com/)

·      Medieval-Renaissance Food Homepage
(http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html)

·      Professor Martha Carlin's Home Page  
(http://www.uwm.edu/~carlin/ 
#MEDIEVAL%20AND%20EARLY%20MODERN%20CULINARY%20TEXTS)

·      And, of course, Stefan's Florilegium Archive
(http://www.florilegium.org/)

That should give you a start if you want to do some more in-depth  
research,

David (SCA Thomas)

On Dec 8, 2006, at 10:33 PM, Chawkswrth at aol.com wrote:

> I want a good Period/Research Cookbook-or two or three. I have "The  
> Medieval
> Kitchen" and "Pleyn Delit." Just want something that will give me a  
> chance to
> do more in-depth research.




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