David Friedman wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "Andrew Dalby" > wrote:
>
> > Anthimus's recipe for hare is today's Latin quotation on the FOOD WORD
> > site. Anthimus claims it's good for dysentery (or rather, against
> > dysentery), which sounds doubtful, but, who knows, it may be useful to
> > somebody! Go here
> >
> > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dalby/ephemeris/blog.html#6
> >
> > for the original, and you'll find a link to a translation.
> >
> > Andrew
>
> Why northern Gaul? I thought Anthimus was Byzantine.
>
> --
You're quite right. He was a Byzantine medic on the run, apparently,
having been accused of treason. He became dietician/doctor to king
Theoderic (not the famous one) who ruled in northern Gaul, around Metz,
soon after 500 AD. The book was written in Gaul -- in excruciatingly
bad Latin -- and the recipes were apparently intended for use there.
For details see Mark Grant's edition/translation of Anthimus (Prospect
Books)

Andrew
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dalby/