Measures in Medieval English recipes – culinary vs. medical
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2017
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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Abstract
The present paper deals with an analysis of medieval culinary and medical recipes. A major
feature which will be of interest is the use of measure terms. The research has been based on
material from 14th and 15th century recipe collections. First, the major weight and measure
systems which were used in the Middle English period will be presented. Then, the measure terms
used in the analysed texts are collected and categorised into three groups: specific, non-specific,
and container-related terms. The study, apart from showing the variety of measure terms used at
the time, also compares two types of recipes, i.e., medical and culinary.
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Project financed by the National Science Centre, decision number DEC-2013/11/B/HS2/02504.
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recipe, culinary, medical, medieval, measurement
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 52.1(2017), pp. 21-52