[Sca-cooks] Magninus Mediolanensis and late medieval Iro-Scottish medicine and diet

[Johnna Holloway]

The article as mentioned by Emilio

>> "The Scottish Historical Review
>> Volume 86, Number 1: No. 221, April 2007
>> E-ISSN: 1750-0222 Print ISSN: 0036-9241
>> DOI: 10.1353/shr.2007.0047
>> Proctor, Caroline.
>> Physician to The Bruce: Maino De Maineri in Scotland
>> The Scottish Historical Review - Volume 86, Number 1: No. 221,  
>> April 2007, pp.
>> 16-26
is part of Project Muse which means I have access to it.

Kiri asked if this would be a source for food in Scotland.

Sadly, no.

Maino just simply drops in this one comment in the section on eels  
which reads:

"I am certain that this fish should not be eaten because I have seen  
it during
the time I was with the king of the Scots, Robert Br uce, who risked  
many
dangers by eating murenae, which are by nature like lampreys. It is tr  
ue that
these murenae were caught in muddy and cor r upt waters."

And that is it for King Robert I (1306-29).

He apparently makes one other mention for Scotland--

"(though, earlier in the Liber
medicinalibus, the Scots are noted amongst the great beer-drinkers of
Northern Europe)."

The rest of the article concentrates on Maino's career and medical  
practices.

Johnna

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>>  emilio szabo on  November 28, 2010 11:32:30 AM asked
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>> Does it follow from these findings that the work of Magninus/Maino  
>> is a source
>> for late medieval  Irish or Scottish cuisine and diet? E.
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