[Sca-cooks] Hildegard on Hamsters

[Ana Valdes]

Hildegarde is one of my favorite writers. Her Scivias is really good literature and she was one of the most appreciated prophets in her time, they come from the whole Europe to see à glimt of her.
Ana

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12 jun 2011 kl. 23:25 skrev emilio szabo <emilio_szabo at yahoo.it>:

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> 
> << I was always fascinated by the entry for the Hamster in Hildegard von 
> Bingen's Physica. She arranges her chapters by size, starting with the largest 
> of the category of animal she is addressing and going down. >>
> 
> 
> What do you mean by "chapter" and what by "category of animal"?
> 
> 
> The text is organized in "books" (i.e. something like main chapters), 
> each book/main chapter contains sections/secondary chapters on different plants, 
> animals etc.
> 
> The Lion (book 7, chapter 3) preceeds the horse (book 7, chapter 8). 
> 
> 
> << The description stated that hamsters were fierce, like bears, and that their 
> fur made good clothing.  I cannot remember what she said about eating them. >>
> 
> No culinary uses are mentioned.
> 
> The liver of the hamster in a pulverized form is suggested to be eaten on bread 
> or in a broth for certain skin diseases. This indication is compared to eating 
> the flesh of mole for the same diseases.
> 
> 
> The distinction between "(regular) food" and eating something for medical 
> purposes is mentioned explicitely in the chapter on mole (book 7, chapter 37).
> 
> 
> E.
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