This bibliography will grow as I continue to expand the project. To start it contains references I use on an regular basis. I have been thinking about doing an annotated bibliography. Let me know if you think it would be helpful.

Thomas Gloning’s Bibliography on the Martino manuscript can be found on page 42 and 43 of the pdf here  http://www.uni-giessen.de/gloning/bib/cookmat.pdf

A digitized version of the Faccioli transcription of the Martino Manuscript can be found at http://www.uni-giessen.de/gloning/tx/martino2.htm

Arn, Mary-Jo, ed. ACTA Vol. XXI, Medieval Food and Drink, Binghamton, New York: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1995

Arano, Luisa Cogliati, ed., The Medieval Health Handbook: Tacuinum Sanitatis, trans. O. Ratti and A. Westbrook, New York: George Braziller, Inc. 1976

Benporat, Claudio Cucina Italiana del Quattrocento Florence, Leo S. Olschki Editor, 1996

Bendiscioli, Mario, Documenti di Storia Medioevale 400-1492 Milan, U. Mursia & Co. 1970

Brucker, Gene Giovanni and Lusanna, Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence Berkeley, CA., 1986

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

Faccioli, Emilio, ed. L’arte della Cucina in Italia, Torino, 1987

Florio, John A world of Words, London, 1598; re-print, Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1972

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

_______, MS, Libre de Arte Coquinaria. 1460(?), Urb. 1203, [Microfilm copy].  Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.

Milham, Mary Ella, Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health  Tempe, Arizona, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1998

Morigia, Paolo Historia dell’ Antichita’ di Milano Venice, 1592 re-printed in Historiae Urbium et Regionum Italiae Rariores Bologna, Forni Editore, 1948

Origo, Iris, The Merchant of Prato – Francesco di Marco Datini London, Cape 1957

Rachum, Ilan The Renaissance: an illustrated encyclopedia London: Octopus Books, 1979

Rainey, Ronald Eug, Sumptuary Legislation in Renaissance Florence (Italy) Ann Arbor, Michigan UMI Dissertation Services, 1985

Rebora, Piero Cassell’s Italian Dictionary New York: Macmillian Publishing, 1958

Rosselli, Giovanni de'.  Opera Nova Chimata Epulario.  Italy:1518;  reprint, Rome: Bimo, 1973

Santich, Barbara, The Original Mediterranean Cuisine: Medieval Recipes for Today, Totnes, Devon: Prospect Books, 1995

Scully, Terence (Translator), The Neapolitan Recipe Collection: (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS Buhler, 19) : A Critical Edition and English Translation, Cuoco Napoletano University of Michigan, 2000

Vehling, Joseph Dommers.  Platina and the Rebirth of Man. Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1941

Westbury, Lord, Handlist of Italian Cookery Books, Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1963

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