Absynthium romanum sic facies. Conditi camerini præceptis utique pro absynthio cessante: in cuius uicem absynthi ponthici purgati terembitique unciam thebaicam dabis. masticis folii. iii. scrupulos senos. croci scrupulos. iii. uini eiusmodi sextarios. xviii. carbones amaritudo non exigit.}
Manuscript of the 8th Century. From the Codex Salmasianus, Excerpts from Apicius by Vinidarius.}
BREVIS PIMENTORUM QUÆ IN DOMO ESSE DEBEANT UT CONDIMENTIS NIHIL DESIT;
crocum, piper, zingiber, lasar, folium, baca murræ, costum, cariofilum, spica indica, addena, cardamomum, spica nardi. De seminibus hoc. dapaber, semen rudæ, baca rutæ, baca lauri, semen aneti, semen api, semen feniculi, semen ligustici, semen erucæ, semen coriandri, cuminum anesum, petro silenum, careum, sisama
De siccis hoc lasaris radices, menta, nepeta, saluia, cuppressum, oricanum, zyniperum, cepa gentima, bacas timmi, coriandrum, piretrum, citri fastinaca, cepa ascalonia, radices iunci, anet puleium, ciperum alium, ospera, samsucum, innula, silpium, cardamomum.
De liquoribus hoc. mel, defritum, carinum, apiperium, passum.
De nucleis hoc. nuces maiores nuclos pineos ac midula aballana.
De pomis siccis hoc. damascena, datilos, uva, passa, granata. hæc omnia in loco sicco pone ne odorem et virtutem perdant. Brevis cyborum. caccabina minore. ii. caccabina fusile. iii. ofellas garatas. iiii. ofellas assas. v. aliter ofellas. vi. ofellas graton. vii. pisces, scorpiones}
Stewpot, marmite, or kettle. With a ring base. The cover fits over the mouth. Ntl. Mus., Naples, 74813; Field M., 24172.}
THE EXCERPTS FROM APICIUS BY VINIDARIUS THE ILLUSTRIOUS MAN
_Apici Excerpta A Vinidario Viro Inlustri_
Vinidarius, a Goth, of noble birth or a scientist, living in Italy. Vinithaharjis is the native name. Of his time and life very little is known. It appears that he was a student of Apicius and that he made certain excerpts from that book which are preserved in the uncial codex of Salmasius, sæc. VIII, Paris, lat. 10318.
Vollmer in his Apicius commentary says that Salmasius and his predecessors have accepted them as genuine. Schuch incorporated these recipes in the Apicius text of his editions, in appropriate places, as he thought. This course cannot be recommended, although the recipes should form an integral part of any Apicius edition.