Liber de Coquina ( Book on Kitchen / Cooking ) is one of the oldest medieval cookbooks . It is written in Latin. Two copies of the fourteenth century have been preserved, both stored in the French National Library in Paris [1] .
| Liber de Coquina | |
|---|---|
| Author | Unknown |
| Genre | Cookbook |
| Original language | Latin |
| Original published | |
The book consists of two independent parts, often referred to as Tractatus (part 1) and Liber de Coquina (part 2). The names are taken from marginal notes made by the medieval editor. The first part was composed by an unknown French author, the second by an unknown Italian author from Naples.
Content
Contents
- Tractatus (part 1)
- Wine composition (addition)
- Poultry and meat
- A fish
- Dishes for the rich
- Legumes , eggs, leeks and sauces
- Liber de Coquina (part 2)
- Vegetables
- Bird
- Bakery products
- A fish
- The combination of many ingredients
Editions
- Manuscripts
- Latin manuscripts # 7131, fol. 94r-99v, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris (c. 1304–1314)
- Latin manuscripts # 9328, fol. 129r-139v, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris (14th century) [2]
- Manuscript text
- Marianne Mulon: “Deux traités inédits d'art culinaire médiéval”, Bull. philol. et hist. année 1968, vol 1, p. 369-435 [3]
- Digital version
Both parts are available on Thomas Gloning's website:
- Translations
Full Latin-German edition:
- Robert Maier. Liber de Coquina: Das Buch der guten Küche . - Friedrich, 2005. - ISBN 978-3-937446-08-0 .
Italian translation of the first part of Tractatus :
- Enrico Carnevale Schianca (ed.): “Tractatus de modo preparandi et condiendi omnia cibaria” , Appunti di Gastronomia n. 26, Condeco srl Editore, Milano 1998
See also
- Medieval cuisine
- Le viandier
- The forme of cury
- Apitsievsky building
Notes
- ↑ Alberto Capatti. Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History . - Columbia University Press. - P. 189–. - ISBN 978-0-231-50904-6 .
- ↑ Terence Scully. The Neapolitan Recipe Collection: (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS Bühler, 19): a Critical Edition and English Translation . - University of Michigan Press, 2000. - P. 38–. - ISBN 0-472-10972-3 .
- ↑ Andreas Speer. Wissen über Grenzen: Arabisches Wissen und lateinisches Mittelalter . - Walter de Gruyter. - P. 365–. - ISBN 978-3-11-019431-9 .