Tag Archives: Ekkehart IV of St Gall

I am glad to announce that the complete translation of the Benedictiones ad Mensas can now be downloaded from this blog. I think these Latin snippets from the eleventh century are quite enjoyable and may be useful in the living … Continue reading →

Here is another piece from the eleventh–century collection of blessings for food, the Benedictiones ad Mensas by Ekkehart IV of St Gall. Following fruit, this addresses herbs and vegetables. I suspect the two parts may have been seen as belonging … Continue reading →

Continuing the ongoing series of excerpts from the 11th-century Benedictiones ad Mensas by Ekkehart IV, we come to fruit: 176 May the gifts of God picked from trees be blessed Arboribus lecta sint dona dei benedicta 177 Faithful Christ, may … Continue reading →

Today I have only time for a short post before the next hiatus as I prepare for another excursion. Things should become more normal again in September, I hope. Another brief excerpt from the Benedictiones ad Mensas: 159 May the … Continue reading →

Today, another piece from the 11th-century Benedictiones ad Mensas by Ekkehart IV of St Gall. Blessings for condiments: 149 May this joyful blessing join the joyful moretum Iungatur lęto benedictio lęta moreto. 150 May grace enter into all these hot … Continue reading →

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 →