[Sca-cooks] spit jack

[Terry Decker]

You're probably thinking of an illustration from Scappi's Opera (1570), 
which shows a couple of mechanized spit, apparently turned by the heat 
rising from the cauldron.  A URL for he illustration is below.  There may be 
other information in the Florilegium.

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food-art/cook_kitchen.gif

Most other illustrations show spits being turned by hand.

Bear

> I believe that some sort of clockwork is avialble in sketches . . . does
> anyone have those handy?  Does Cindy Renfroe have something like this in 
> her
> collection of sketches?
>
> niccolo difrancesco