Fanny Abbott, Aposothicar Accounts. Spices in the accounts of the House of Savoie (14th and Xve s.)
Disciplines
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French
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This is a tasty study on the use of spices in the courtyard of Savoie at the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the following century. It is constructed on the basis of a comparative analysis of the oldest retained apothicary account, covering the period from 24 February 1338 to 30 November 1342, and of two daily accounts of the services of the Hotel VIII and his sons, running from 26 April 1422 to 25 April 1423 and from 16 August 1425 to 9 December 1426 respectively. It extends the Anton works...