{"id":7998,"date":"2020-12-10T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=7998"},"modified":"2020-12-12T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T14:21:04","slug":"feasting-around-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/feasting-around-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Feasting Around the Table in Centuries Past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-01-750x363.jpg\" alt=\"Detail from the Tacuinum Sanitatis in Medicina\" class=\"wp-image-8046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-01-750x363.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-01-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-01-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-01.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we think about happiness, one of the first sights that pop into our minds is a <strong>rich table<\/strong> filled with all kinds of <strong>sweet and savory specialties<\/strong>, a good bottle of wine, with a large group of family or friends sitting around it. In all of human history, people have prepared and enjoyed food not just for nourishment, but also to <strong>establish social relationships<\/strong>. Humans become what they eat, yet <strong>what they eat is what they are<\/strong> \u2014 by consuming food, every society absorbs parts of their culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-02jpg-750x847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-02jpg-750x847.jpg\" alt=\"Detail from the Tacuinum Sanitatis in Medicina\" data-id=\"8047\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8047\" class=\"wp-image-8047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-02jpg-750x847.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-02jpg-300x339.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-02jpg-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-02jpg.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-04-750x847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-04-750x847.jpg\" alt=\"Detail from the Tacuinum Sanitatis in Medicina\" data-id=\"8049\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8049\" class=\"wp-image-8049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-04-750x847.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-04-300x339.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-04-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-03-750x847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-03-750x847.jpg\" alt=\"Detail from the Tacuinum Sanitatis in Medicina\" data-id=\"8048\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8048\" class=\"wp-image-8048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-03-750x847.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-03-300x339.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-03-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tacuinum-sanitatis-medicina-facsimile-edition-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl aligncenter\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>Medieval Europeans wrote <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/llibre-aparellar-menjar-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>cookbooks<\/strong><\/a>, too!<span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cooking raw ingredients<\/strong> represents a transition <strong>from nature to culture<\/strong> and even from nature to society \u2014 food is naturally raw and cooking it is a form of <strong>cultural development<\/strong>. Our species probably started developing social skills while eating and talking around a fire. The word &#8220;<strong>conviviality<\/strong>&#8220;, often referring to a <strong>friendly atmosphere during a meal<\/strong>, comes from the Latin terms <em>cum<\/em> (together) and <em>vivo<\/em> (live). Since the oldest times, taking part in a banquet meant feeding not just the body with succulent game dishes, but also the soul with <strong>poetry readings<\/strong> and <strong>music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/facsimile-edition-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/facsimile-edition-01-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Da Costa Hours\" class=\"wp-image-8004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/facsimile-edition-01-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/facsimile-edition-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/facsimile-edition-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/facsimile-edition-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1st century BC, the Roman biographer <strong>Cornelius Nepos<\/strong> praised his friend and patron of the arts <strong>Titus Pomponius Atticus<\/strong> with the words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>At his banquets no one ever heard any other entertainment for the ears than a reader; an <strong>entertainment<\/strong> which we, for our parts, think in the highest degree pleasing; nor was there ever a supper at his house without <strong>reading<\/strong> of some kind, that the guests might find their <strong>intellect<\/strong> gratified no less than their <strong>appetite<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dante Alighieri<\/strong> called one of his best-known works <em>Convivio<\/em>, &#8220;<strong>The Banquet<\/strong>&#8220;. In the 1304 poem, he offered a &#8220;<strong>banquet of culture<\/strong>&#8221; not to intellectuals, but to ordinary people who had not had the chance to study, in the hope that they would &#8220;<strong>feast on knowledge<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-02-750x973.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Luttrell Psalter\" class=\"wp-image-8010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-02-750x973.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-02-300x389.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-02-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For thousands of years, eating has been related to <strong>power<\/strong>, <strong>identity<\/strong>, and <strong>belonging<\/strong>. Every society in all corners of the globe, from the windswept plains of Northern Europe to the lush jungles of Southern America, has decreed <strong>strict rituals<\/strong>, <strong>recipes<\/strong>, and <strong>traditions<\/strong> related to food. The kind and amount of nourishment were \u2014 and are \u2014 strictly linked to <strong>wealth<\/strong> and <strong>social class<\/strong>: while Renaissance nobles devoured lavish banquets, their indigent neighbors languished in hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In specific social situations, the <strong>shape of the table<\/strong> stands for <strong>hierarchy<\/strong>: in English and other languages, a &#8220;<strong>round-table meeting<\/strong>&#8221; refers to a discussion among equals. In past centuries, even serving one part of the meal instead of another could determine a <strong>shift in power relations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/de-sphaera-facsimile-edition-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/de-sphaera-facsimile-edition-01-750x265.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the De Sphaera\" class=\"wp-image-8051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/de-sphaera-facsimile-edition-01-750x265.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/de-sphaera-facsimile-edition-01-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/de-sphaera-facsimile-edition-01-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/de-sphaera-facsimile-edition-01.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meals can also define the <strong>social roles<\/strong> and connections among those present. <strong>Medieval monastic communities<\/strong> used to dine together in the refectory, whereas <strong>hermits<\/strong> refuse to share food as a symbol of separation from the rest of society. Even nowadays, <strong>working lunches <\/strong>favor business or diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl aligncenter\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>Check out this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/apicius-de-re-coquinaria-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>selection of Roman recipes<\/strong>!<\/a><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-2-750x750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-2-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Maqamat Al-Hariri\" data-id=\"8052\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8052\" class=\"wp-image-8052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-2-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-750x750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Maqamat Al-Hariri\" data-id=\"8053\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8053\" class=\"wp-image-8053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-02-750x750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-02-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Maqamat Al-Hariri\" data-id=\"8054\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8054\" class=\"wp-image-8054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-02-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/maqamat-al-hariri-facsimile-edition-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In certain societies, especially in the past, men dined sitting around a table while <strong>women served the food<\/strong>. <strong>Cooking manuals<\/strong> provided not just recipes, but also information on the <strong>condition of women<\/strong> and their role inside and outside the household. Ever since their origin, recipe books provided a chance to elevate human beings through <strong>idioms<\/strong> and <strong>proverbs<\/strong>, <strong>aphorisms<\/strong> and <strong>moral principles<\/strong>, while also mocking those who drank alone, trusted the wrong people, and ate too much, warning them that listening to one&#8217;s stomach rather than to one&#8217;s brain often proved unwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rothschild-miscellany-facsimile-edition-01-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rothschild-miscellany-facsimile-edition-01-3-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Rothschild Miscellany\" class=\"wp-image-8026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rothschild-miscellany-facsimile-edition-01-3-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rothschild-miscellany-facsimile-edition-01-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rothschild-miscellany-facsimile-edition-01-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rothschild-miscellany-facsimile-edition-01-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is partly based on the volume <em>La Tavola racconta&#8230; Dal nettare degli dei alla cioccolata del re<\/em>, edited by <strong>Giovanna Lazzi<\/strong> and published in partnership with the <strong>Riccardian Library<\/strong> in Florence and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that ancient cooking manuals contained humor and parody? Or why Dante called one of his poems &#8220;The Banquet&#8221;? 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