[Sca-cooks] Simeon Seth and Byzantine Cuisine

[Johnna Holloway]

> The one book Siméon Seth, médecin de l'empereur Michel Doucas, sa  
> vie...
> is down the road at Michigan. Maybe later this spring in April, I  
> can send for it.
Right now I am under an editing deadline. I don't have the time.
> Simeonis Sethi Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus  By Simeon  
> (Sethus.) is up on Google books. It dates from 1868.
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> Also on Google Books: Search under Simeo Sethus--
> Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus‎
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> Simeo Sethus - Food - 1868 - 156 pages
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> Simeonis Sethi Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus‎
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> Simeo Sethus, Bernhard August Langkavel - History - 1893 - 156 pages
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> Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus edidit Bernhardus Langkavel‎
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> Simeo Sethus, Bernhard Langkavel - Technology & Engineering - 1868 -  
> 156 pages
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> (ooohhhh, The 1677 De alimentorum facultatibus Libellus
>  By Baldassare Pisanelli is up on Google Books too.)
>
> Wonder what Dalby says about this? He mentions Simeon Seth with  
> regard to red and yellow carrots
> in the eleventh century, in the entry on bass, etc. This in Food in  
> the ancient world from A to Z.
Mentioned often in his Flavours of Byzantium.

Johnnae
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> On Mar 16, 2010, at 2:37 PM, emilio szabo wrote:
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>> Wikipedia says that "The Syntagma is an important source for  
>> Byzantine cuisince and dietetics".
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Seth
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>> Comments?
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>> E.
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