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• Title:
  Cured Meats in Ancient and Byzantine Sources: Ham, Bacon and Tuccetum
• Creator:
  Rzeźnicka, Zofia;
  Kokoszko, Maciej;
  Jagusiak, Krzysztof
• Contributor:
  Uniwersytet Łódzki (University of Lodz);
  zosia_pwp.historyk@wp.pl;
  mkokoszko@komandor.pl;
  krzysztof_jagusiak@o2.pl
• Description:
  The present study discusses the role of salt-cured meat in dietetics, medicine and gastronomy demonstrated mainly in ancient and Byzantine medical (Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Anthimus, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina) and agronomic (Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius, Geoponica) sources written between 2nd and 10th century A.D. The part dealing with culinary application was also based on De re coquinaria. The article consists of three parts. In the first one, concerning ham, there are presented places in Europe and Asia Minor, were best cured meats were produced. Next, there in an outline of different methods of salting pork, dietetic properties of this kind of food, as well as, the way of using ham in medical treatment. There are also quotations of some recipes for ham that were presented in De re coquinaria. The second, sets forth the importance of bacon in ancient and Byzantine diet and medicine, especially among inhabitants of Gaul. The authors describe also the way it was utilized in by Byzantine physicians in fighting parasites. The last part is devoted to tuccetum – a meat dish, that was only mentioned in few Latin sources and has not yet been researched in detail. Moreover there is a presentation of different ideas for translations of this Latin term given by translators, linguists and historians.;
  Article developed under the grant UMO 2011/01/B H33/01020.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Uznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska;
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl
• Date:
  2015.06.23;
  2014
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press)
• Relation:
  Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe;Vol. 4/2014
• Subject:
  cured meats in Antiquity and Byzantium;
  ham in ancient and Byzantine diet;
  bacon in ancient and Byzantine diet;
  tuccetum;
  meat in ancient and Byzantine medicine
• Identifier:
  2084-140X;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/10094
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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• Type:
  image