"Libellus De Arte Coquinaria" (The Little Book of Culinary Arts) is a culinary manuscript

Manuscript

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containing thirty-five early Northern European recipes. The Collection is composed of four versions (or pieces) and consists of recipes in Danish, Icelandic, & Low German. Dating from the early thirteenth century, the libellus is considered to be among the oldest of culinary recipe collections.

Publications

The libellus was first published as part of the Collection included in An Old Icelandic Medical Miscellany [Ms. Royal Irish Academy 23D 43] in 1931 by Henning Larsen.

A translated edition (An Early Northern Cookery Book) that combines the four surviving versions was published by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in 2001.

Manuscripts

• Royal Library of Copenhagen, Ny samlung Nr.66, 8vo, c.1300, and Ny samlung Nr.70R, 8vo, 14th century, both in Danish (K and Q respectively)
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 D43, late 15th century, in Old Icelandic (D)
• Herzog August Bibliothek of Wolfenbüttel, Germany, Helmst.1213, 15th century, in Low German (W)