[Sca-cooks] book review request

[wheezul at canby.com]

My impression of the book, having read it several times, is that the
author uses his Latin/French source texts as a base, but only can be
trusted as far as his understanding about a certain subject reaches.  For
example, his take on the word treslissa is to translate it as knitting,
but in reality it is most likely the word for a type of twill weave as
found elsewhere - and not knitting.

I think it's well worth reading to find the references and then going back
to the original to check!  At least he more or less references his sources
somewhat - it's sort of like Norris - good info, maybe true, needs
verification if you feel that the translation is tentative.

I really like Bumke's Courtly Culture as a reference work much better -
especially if you are looking for some particular bits and pieces on 12th
century feasting.  This book is a translation of a German work and is more
based on Germanic sources so you don't necessarily get the English/French
rehash.
[Bumke, J. (1991). Courtly culture: Literature and society in the high
Middle Ages. Berkeley: University of California Press.]

Katherine

> I got a book, "Daily Living in the 12th Century," by Urban Tigner Holmes,
> Jr.
>
> Is it accurate?  Well-researched?
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