Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

by Apicius

SYMPOSION. FROM AN ANCIENT VASE

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION	[xi]
PREFACE	[xvii]
THE BOOK OF APICIUS
A critical review of its times, its authors, and their sources, its authenticity and practical usefulness in modern times	[1]
THE RECIPES OF APICIUS AND THE EXCERPTS FROM APICIUS BY VINIDARIUS
Original translation from the most reliable Latin texts, elucidated with notes and comments	[41]
APICIANA
A bibliography of Apician manuscript books and printed editions	[251]
DICTIONARY OF CULINARY TERMS AND INDEX	[275]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

A—FACSIMILES

Made from originals and reproductions in the author’s collection

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1	BREVIS PIMENTORUM, Excerpts of Vinidarius, 8th Century	[234]
2	INCIPIT CONDITUM PARADOXUM, Vatican MS, 9th Century	[253]
3	COLOPHON, Signerre Edition, Milan, 1498	[260]
4	TITLE PAGE, Tacuinus Edition, Venice, 1503	[262]
5	OPENING CHAPTER, same	[232]
6	TITLE PAGE, Schola Apitiana, Antwerp, 1535	[206]
7	TITLE PAGE, Torinus Edition, Basel, 1541	[220]
8	TITLE PAGE, Torinus Edition, Lyons, 1541	[263]
9	TITLE PAGE, Humelbergius Edition, Zürich, 1542	[265]
10	TITLE PAGE, Lister Edition, London, 1705	[267]
11	VERSO of Title Page, Lister Edition, London, 1705	[268]
12	TITLE PAGE, Lister Edition, Amsterdam, 1709	[250]
13	FRONTISPICE, Lister Edition, Amsterdam, 1709	[156]
14	BANQUET SCENE, from an ancient vase	([opposite])