I ricettari federiciani: appunti di lavoro

This paper presents recent research findings on the so-called "Frederician cookbooks" (better known as the Liber de coquina), with specific reference to some new etymological hypotheses about medieval Italian food names. Moreover, through a palaeographic and linguistic analysis, this article discusses the geographical localization and dating of the major manuscripts within this textual tradition, in a new attempt to cast light on a very complex documentation.