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

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, Zuerich, 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)

B--PEN AND INK DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR

Sketched from scenes and objects at Pompeii, Naples, Berlin and
Chicago. Most of the ancient objects are in the National Museum of
Naples with many replicas in the Field Museum, Chicago. The treasure
found in 1868 near Hildesheim is in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in
Berlin

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15 APICII LIBRI X, Latin title of present edition,
hand-lettered (facing title)

16 DIAGRAM of Apicius manuscripts and printed editions 252

17 GREAT CRATER, Hildesheim Treasure 140

18 THERMOSPODIUM, plain, Naples 90

19 THERMOSPODIUM, elaborate, Naples 72

20 DESSERT or Fruit Dish, Shell, Naples 125