How to Cook an Early French Peacock: De Observatione Ciborum - Softcover

Anthimus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497313236 ISBN 13: 9781497313231

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

A THIRD EDITION OF THIS WORK IS NOW AVAILABLEIs Anthimus' work "the oldest European medieval cookbook"? Well, it IS six centuries older than a twelfth century book that has recently been touted as exactly that. In the sixth century an Ostrogoth king sent a Byzantine physician to one of the Frankish courts where the food, being for the rich, was essentially Roman. Anthimus wrote his host a long letter on diet - De Observatione Ciborum - intended mainly for medical purposes but often outlining how to prepare the food in question. Most of the food Anthimus mentions shows Roman influence, but he also mentions specific Byzantine and Frankish specialties. This new edition of this very rare work is now BILINGUAL and includes additional notes on Anthimus' work as both a Roman and a medieval cookbook. The work also provides an overview of the cuisine the work addresses, an introduction to the very concept of a "dietetic" and comparisons of others with Anthimus' own, a list of Anthimus' remedies for specific ailments and an overview of his ideas and approach.

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About the Author

Anthimus (Greek: fl. 511–534) was a Byzantine physician at the court of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, best known to history as the author of De observatione ciborum, which is a valuable source for Late Latin linguistics as well as Byzantine dietetics and food in Gaul in the Early Medieval period.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497313236
• ISBN 13: 9781497313231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150
• Editor: Chevallier Jim