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 | |