A 16th century culinary book from the Berlin collection. An original cuisine? A new cuisine? Cover Image

Un livre de cuisine du XVIe siècle dans la collection berlinoise – une cuisine originale? Une cuisine nouvelle?
A 16th century culinary book from the Berlin collection. An original cuisine? A new cuisine?

Author(s): Sara Wilkiewicz
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Modern Age, 17th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: berlin collection; French cuisine; recipes; manuscripts; 16th century

Summary/Abstract: The manuscript gall. fol. 220 belongs to the Berlin Collection of Jagiellonian Library in Cracow. It is a French-speaking set of recipes from the 16th century. This old cookbook is not well known and has never been published. In this manuscript can be found plenty of dishes, products popular in the Middle Ages, but also such recipes that indicate the presence of new renaissance French cuisine.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 234-240
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: French
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