Tag Archives: 11th century

I am back from my trip to the seaside with no new recipes and my first genuine disappointment with German Youth Hostel cuisine. But there is a new post, continuing the ongoing list of excerpts from the 11th-century Benedictiones ad … Continue reading →

The next section of Ekkehart IV‘s Benedictiones ad Mensas. After bread, many fishes, birds, and domestic animal meat, these are dedicated to game meat: 116 May this game meat blessed under the divine cross Sub cruce divina benedicta sit ista … Continue reading →

Here is finally more of the Benedictiones ad Mensas. This is the section on birds: 73 Bless, o Christ king, the birds that are equal to fish Piscibus ęquipares benedic rex Christe volucres 74 May the cross bless this bird … Continue reading →

More from the 11th century Benedictiones ad Mensas: The first part of a series of blessings for fish 39 We eat these cooked fish blessed with the cross Hos pisces coctos cruce sumamus benedictos 40 Bless these fish, you, who … Continue reading →

The Benedictiones ad Mensas is the text that I came across recently and have been looking at in my copious spare time since then. They were produced by Ekkehart IV of St Gall, most likely initially written during his tenure … Continue reading →