The links provided below are to web sites that have historical information about Herbs & Spices as well as some purveyors of spices, including some "hard to find" spices like Cubebs, Grains of Paradise and Long Pepper which were more common in the cuisine of the Middle Ages & Renaissance |
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Herbs & Spices
| Site | Category | Author | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biodeiversity Heritage Library - Herbal Collection | Information | Biodeiversity Heritage Library | Online resource for historical herbals |
| Cotton MS Vitellius C III | Information | 3rd quarter 9th century-1st half 17th century, This composite manuscript contains: f. 1: Cottonian frontispiece. f. 3r: early modern endleaf.f. 4r: early modern table of contents. ff. 5r-10v: Peter of Poitiers, Chronicle, copied in England in the 1st quarter of the 13th century. ff. 11r-85v: illustrated Herbal in Old English, with an Old English translation of Medicina de quadrupedibus (ff. 75r-82v), copied in England in the early 11th century. ff. 86r-138v: Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i-ii, copied in northern France in the 3rd quarter of the 9th century. ff. 139r-141v: medicinal recipes copied in 1st half of the 17th century, possibly by William Harvey, the physician who discovered the circulation of blood. The leaves formerly numbered Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff. 2r-v and 142r-v are cuttings from a Psalter made in England between 1350 and 1360. They were removed in December 1912 and rebound as Royal MS 13 D I* ff. 22 (formerly Cotton MS Vitellius C III, f. 142) and 25 (formerly Cotton MS Vitellius C III, f. 2). | |
| Culinary gleanings from John Gerard's Herball | Information | Cindy Renfrow | List of references to food preparation from John Gerard's Herball or General Historie of Plantes |
| Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages | Information | Gernot Katzer | Detailed information on spices and detailed discussion their history, chemical constituents, and the etymology of their names |
| Medicinal Spices Exhibit | Information | University of California, Los Angeles | Exhibit designed to explore many facets of spices. |
| Medieval Culinary Herbs & Spices | Information | Mestra Rafaella d'Allemtejo | Class Handout from Culinary Ithra, Saturday April 24, A.S. XXXVIII (2004) |
| Medieval Gardening | Information | Erec L'Claire | Blog on Medieval Gardening |
| Medieval Gardens on the Continent | Information | Wyrtig | A resource for gardeners with a sense of history |
| Medieval Herbs | Information | Sara Douglass | A listing of Medieval Herbs |
| Peppers of Spain / Spanish pepper | Information | Francis Barrett | |
| Spice History | Information | Michael Krondl | Supplemental website by the author of "The Taste of Conquest" to fill in the gaps with graphs, charts, recipes & links to other websites about spice history. |
| The Consumption of Spices and Their Costs in Late-Medieval and Early-Modern Europe: Luxuries or Necessities? | Information | Prof. John H. Munro | Paper based on the lecture ‘Oriental Spices and Their Costs in Medieval Cuisine: Luxuries or Necessities?’ |
| The Several Sages | Information | Tom de Schepper | Master's Thesis for the Research Master Medieval Studies at Utrecht University |
| Auntie Arwen Spices | Retailer | Jane T. Sibley | |
| Chefshop.com | Retailer | A variety of ingriedients available including Herbs & Spices | |
| DragonMarsh | Retailer | DragonMarsh | |
| L'Epicerie | Retailer | L'Epicerie | |
| Lhasa Karnak Herb Company | Retailer | Lhasa Karnak Herb Company | |
| Mountain Rose Herbs | Retailer | Mountain Rose Herbs | Wholesaler of Herbs & Spices |
| OliveNation | Retailer | OliveNation LLC | A variety of ingriedients available including Herbs & Spices. |
| Penzeys Spices | Retailer | Penzeys Spices | |
| Perennial Pleasures Nursery | Retailer | Has several Old World perennials including Skirret. | |
| San Francisco Herb Company | Retailer | San Francisco Herb Company | Gourmet Spices, Herbs, Tea, Essential Oils and Potpourri at Wholesale Prices. |
| Savory Spice Shop | Retailer | Savory Spice Shop | |
| Starlight Herb & Spice Company | Retailer | Starlight Herb & Spice Company | Chemical and Pesticide Free Herbs & Spices dried in small batches at low temperatures |
| The Pepperer's Guild | Retailer | The Pepperer's Guild | |
| The Spice House | Retailer | The Spice House | |
| The Spice Shop | Retailer | The Spice Shop | |
| Vanilla, Saffron Imports | Retailer | Vanilla, Saffron Imports | |
| Vspicery | Retailer | VSpicery | |
| World Spice Merchants | Retailer | World Spice Merchants |
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