I will continue to add information on these specific manuscripts as the project progresses. Eventually you will be able to click on the manuscript title for further information.

Much has been written about the Martino Corpus of cookery manuscripts, from the earliest explorations in Platina and the Rebirth of Man by Joseph Dommers Vehling, to the most recent translation and commentary of the Library of Congress Manuscript by Gillian Riley. Spread throughout these many works (see bibliography) are many references to the work that is derived from the Martino corpus, but a comprehensive list is not easily available. 

Below is a list of all the source materials related to Martino’s work to date. The list begins with the earliest dated materials and works through to the latest. The order of this list in no way implies that one source derives from the other (there is clearly a source manuscript they all derive from) it only speaks to when the specific manuscript or book is dated.

More information will be added as it becomes available and a detailed discussion of each of the works will eventually accompany this list.

Note: The bold designation is how the works are referenced throughout this project.

1) Martino, MS, Libre de Arte Coquinaria. 1460(?) [Medieval Manuscript #153 Microfilm  copy]. Special Collections: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.                       LCMartino

2. 2)Martino, MS, Libre de Arte Coquinaria. 1460(?), [Urb. 1203 Microfilm copy]. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City                                                                          VATMartino
   

3. 3)Martino, MS, Libre de Arte Coquinaria. 1465(?) Private Collection – Sold at Christie’s Auction House Nov. 13th and 14th, 1974. Lot 459. The current location of this manuscript is unknown.                                                                                                                                     MSPrivate
   

4) Sacchi, Bartolomeo (Platina) De Honesta Volputate 1470(?) [transcription and translation] Milham, Mary Ella, Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health  (1998) Tempe, Arizona, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies                                        Platina   

5) Buhler, MS Cuoco Napoletano1490(?) [MS B. 19 Microfilm copy]. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York [translation] Scully, Terrance The Neapolitian Recipe Collection: Cuoco Napoletano (2000) University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan              Buhler

6) Martino, rubro Mediolanenis Libro de cosina 1503(?) Riva del Garda, Archivio Storico Trento, Italy [transcription] Benporat, Claudio Cucina Italiana del Quattrocento Leo S. Olschki Editore, Florence, 1996                                                                                                         Riva

7) Rosselli, Giovanni de'. Opera Nova Chimata Epulario. 1518, [transcription] Bimo-Roma, Rome 1973                                                                                                                                          Rosselli

8) Epulario. London: A.I. for William Barley, 1598 [Microfilm copy].                                          EP 1598

9. 9) Egerton, MS MODI singulari de cocina. [Egerton MS 1985 (extract) microfilm copy]. British Library, London. The date of this manuscript is not available.                                       Egerton
   

10. 10) Sheffield, MS [Sheffield MS R3550] No microfilm, transcription or translation of this manuscript is available at this time. The title and date of this manuscript is not available.     Sheffield
    

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