[Sca-cooks] Emblem books was Il famoso convito 1561

[Johnna Holloway]

Continuing to explore the Internet Archive, here's a 17th century
emblem book.
http://www.archive.org/details/devisesetembleme00lafeu

DEVISES ET EMBLEMES ANCIENNES & MODERNES, TIREES DE PLUS CELEBRES  
AUTEURS - LA FEUILLE, DANIEL DE, 1640-1709
McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois

(The fact that it just happens to be from Illinois where my degrees  
are from....)

I can see these designs being used to create items in sugar paste or  
marizpan
or for creating appropriate wooden molds for small cakes and suchlike.
(They are also great for use in creating needlework designs. See  
Emblems for a Queen: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots)

There are 108 other emblem books up.

Johnnae


On Dec 2, 2009, at 5:03 PM, emilio szabo wrote:

>
> Following the method that Johnna used for the aforementioned books  
> on sugar sculpture, I did the same search with "Dinners and  
> dining" (a descriptor mentioned in some of the sugar sculpture  
> books). Here are the results, however there are only few books  
> before 1600:
>
>
> http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Dinners%20and%20dining%22
>
>
> One of the books before 1600 is this one:
>
>
> Il
> famoso convito : cosi delle giostre come del banchetto, che lo
> illustrissimo & eccel. s. duca di Piacenza, & di Parma, ha
> fatto della mag. città di Piacenza nello anno M.D.LXI
> The last page is blank
> Keywords: Farnese, Ottavio, 1521-1586; Carnival; Dinners and dining
>
>
> Starting on from image 18, there is a description of a  
> "honoratissima cena", which includes lists of the food.
>
>
> E.
>
>
>
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