[Sca-cooks] Pasta in period

[galefridus at optimum.net]

Yeah, practically every illustrated version of the Tacuinum includes an image of folks making pasta. The illustrated Tacuina date anywhere from the late 1300s to the late 1400s. The original Arabic (not illustrated) is from the middle of the 11th century, and is a table of 280 items, mostly food and drink. The 35th entry is for al-atriyyah, which is translated as pasta threads.

-- Galefridus, who spent the past 18 months studying the Taqwim al-Sihha/Tacuinum Sanitatis and has just submitted the manuscript to PPC for publication.

> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:57:16 -0500
> From: Saint Phlip 
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> So, was playing around on the 'Net this morning, and found this 
> picture:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:6-
> alimenti,_pasta,Taccuino_Sanitatis,_Casanatense_4182..jpg
> Making pasta; illustration from the 15th century edition of Tacuinum
> Sanitatis, a Latin translation of the Arabic work Taqw?m al-
> sihha by
> Ibn Butlan.
> 
> I'm thinking both works might be interesting to find out more 
> about ;-)
> 
> -- 
> Saint Phlip