| Location: | Sion/Sitten |
| Library / Collection: | Médiathèque du Valais |
| Shelfmark: | S 103 |
| Manuscript title: | Maître Chiquart, Du fait de cuisine, 1420 |
| Caption: | Paper · IV + 122 + IV ff. · 29.2 x 21.1 cm · Savoy (?) · mid 15th century |
| Language: | Latin, French |
| Manuscript summary: | This manuscript is the only witness of this culinary treatise, written in the year 1420 by Maître Chiquart, chief cook of the first Duke of Savoy, Amadeus VIII (1383-1451). The text was dictated to Jehan de Dudens, a scribe and notary from Annecy. The manuscript also contains descriptions of two banquets organized by the Duke of Savoy, followed by aphorisms, etymological annotations and glosses. The manuscript was part of the library of Bishop Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482) and his son Georges (ca. 1450-1529). |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-mvs-cuisine |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/mvs/cuisine |
| How to quote: | Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque du Valais, S 103: Maître Chiquart, Du fait de cuisine, 1420 (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/mvs/cuisine) |
| Online since: | 11/04/2010 |
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