Anthimus
on the observance of foods
$67.44
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2007
Summary
Anthimus was a Greek doctor condemned by the Emperor in Constantinople to a life of exile at the court of Theodoric the Ostrogoth, barbarian ruler of Italy at the beginning of the 6th century AD. In the course of his life in Ravenna, he was sent as ambassador to the King of the Franks and wrote, perhaps as a sweetener to his fierce yet royal host, a letter about foods - which were good for you, which bad, and, sometimes, how to cook and serve them. It may reasonably be called the first French…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781903018521 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1903018528 |
| Author: | Mark Anthimus, Grant |
| Publisher: | Prospect Books |
| Imprint: | Prospect Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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The earliest work to treat of food in what we may properly term the “Middle Ages” - Terence Scully, The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages
About The Author
Mark Anthimus
Mark Grant is a classical scholar who has published on late-Roman medical authors, including Oribasius and Galen. He lives in East Anglia.
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