[Sca-cooks] Tacuinum Sanitatis translations

[Sandra J. Kisner]

Whoops - just found a review on JSTOR <http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3049645.pdf?acceptTC=true>, and it has some troubling things to say, such as referring readers to the original Italian edition for "complete philological and critical documentation, and further references," cutting the contents by a third, condensing the original author's commentary (while sometimes keeping text that refers to material that has been cut) and eliminating all footnotes, comparative illustrations, and Latin captions and inscriptions.  Then again, it would only be $4.50 and the pictures are pretty....

Sandra

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From: Sca-cooks [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+sjk3=cornell.edu at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Sandra J. Kisner
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 9:52 AM
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I find my edition elsewhere there (58 used from $2.21, 14 new from $26.98), and (unfortunately) "Be the first to review this item."  Not very promising, that used copies would be that cheap!  The Wikipedia article is interesting, but talks of the original mss, not modern editions.  Since I wouldn't be paying much and the pictures are nice, I'll probably go for it; I suspect it's a selection, rather than a complete edition.

Sandra

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From: Sca-cooks [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+sjk3=cornell.edu at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Johnna Holloway
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 9:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Tacuinum Sanitatis translations

This article might be of interest as it lists where the original manuscripts are:

https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/janick-papers/chronica_tacuinum.pdf

Don't know if our discussions here are up to date with all the editions. Arano is listed for many of the editions available as used on Amazon. Ratti was the translator of the widely used 1976 edition. You might compare those prices with what you are being offered. There's even a kindle edition these days.

http://www.amazon.com/Health-Well-Being-Medieval-Cognoscenti-ebook/dp/B00DQ5BKFA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437657755&sr=8-1&keywords=Health+and+well+being+medieval+guide

If you search under the exact title in Google, add " ", and word the "review", you ought to be able to maybe pull reviews of the edition. 

Johnna


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> On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Sandra J. Kisner <sjk3 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> 
> The search function at the Florilegium doesn't seem to be working, and poking about hasn't yielded me the answer, so I ask here.  Is there file there similar to the one about translations of Apicius that covers translations of the Tacuinum Sanitatis?  I have the possibility of purchasing a copy "Translated and Adapted by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook from the original Italian edition : Luisa Cogliati Arano" 1976).  It's in great shape and has lots of nice color plates (and more in black and white), but the "and Adapted" has me worried.  Is it worth it?
> Sandra
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