[Cookery book]

Name:

Apicius; Esther B. Aresty Collection of Rare Books on the Culinary Arts (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1475

Description:

Cookery book attributed to Apicius. Appears to consist of excerpts from the De re coquinaria. In ten sections or books, each with its own title or heading.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by C. S. Ascherson (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1994.; Ascherson, C. S., former owner.; Aresty, Esther B., former owner.

Subject:

Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Cooking

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Cookbooks; Recipes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

29 leaves : paper; 288 x 205 (193 x 130) mm bound to 289 x 204 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Incipit and explicit: "Apicii Celii Epimeles Liber Primus incipit foeliciter (f. 1r) ... "Apicii Celii Alieveslibus [sic] liber Decimus et Ultimus explicit foeliciter" (f. 29v).; Foliation: Paper, 29; [1-29]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 33 long lines; ruled in drypoint.; Script: Written in an Italian humanistic script.; Binding: Q leather over wooden boards, single metal clasp with leather strap.; Origin: Written in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century.; The word "Diligentia" is written over "Epimeles" in the incipit, in a later hand.; Bound with printed text: Platina, 1421-1481. Platynae de honesta voluptate. Venice, 1475. (Goff P-762). Shelved as Folio Inc P-762.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Folio Inc P-762