The Late Medieval Arab Recipes of Nuruosmaniye 3558

Authors

  • Charles Perry Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27845

Keywords:

Nuruosmaniye 3558, late medieval, recipe lineage, textual scholarship, authorship, Arabic recipe collections, dating, provenance, recipe translations

Abstract

The author examines Manuscript 3558 in the Nuruosmaniye Library, Istanbul (which consists of the tenth-century recipe collection Kitab al-Tabikh followed by an appendix of 94 culinary recipes, together with three for perfume) and draws some conclusions regarding dating and provenance.

Author Biography

  • Charles Perry, Independent Scholar

    Charles Perry is a journalist and food historian, particularly of the Islamic world. His Medieval Arab Cookery is published by Prospect Books and his translation A Baghdad Cookery Book was published as PPC 79.

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Published

2020-12-01

Issue

PPC 118 (2020)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Perry, Charles. 2020. “The Late Medieval Arab Recipes of Nuruosmaniye 3558”. Petits Propos Culinaires, December, 54-82. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27845.