The Book of Sent Sovi: Medieval recipes from Catalonia (Textos

The Book of Sent Sovi: Medieval recipes from Catalonia (Textos B)

The Book of Sent SovÃ, composed around the middle of the fourteenth century, is the oldest surviving culinary text in Catalan. It is anonymous and, like the majority of medieval cookery books, is the product of a complex process of transmission, with multiple manuscript copies and readers who have left their mark on it. The contents are eminently practical. Successive cooks have recorded their own methods of preparing the dishes and recipes included, blending several culinary traditions in a single work. Sent SovÃ is also a reliable source of information on the cookery of the territories of the Crown of Aragon before the revolution caused by the arrival of products from the Americas. This edition includes both an English translation, by Robin Vogelzang, and the original Catalan version. It has been the editor's aim to clarify the difficult passages in the book - sometimes corrupted because of the complex manuscript tradition - so that it can be understood as easily as possible by its twenty-first-century readers. JOAN SANTANACH lectures on medieval literature at the University of Barcelona. Published in association with Editorial Barcino.
Country USA
Brand Barcino-Tamesis
Manufacturer Barcino-Tamesis
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2008-10-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781855661646

The Book of Sent Sovi: Medieval recipes from Catalonia (Textos B)