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Apicius [De re culinaria Libri I-IX]
Title
Apicius [De re culinaria Libri I-IX]
Description
This manuscript contains 500 Greek and Roman recipes from the fourth and fifth century, both culinary and medical, reflecting the polyglot culture of the Mediterranean basin. Sometimes referred to as the oldest extant cookbook in the West, the manuscript is divided into ten books. It is likely that the Apicius began as a Greek collection, mainly written in Latin, and adapted for a Roman palate. The collection is likely compiled from many sources, as no evidence exists that Apicius (a Roman gourmet in 1st century AD), authored a book of cookery. Our manuscript was penned in several hands in a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian scripts at the monastery at Fulda (Germany) around 830 AD. It is one of two manuscripts (the other at the Vatican) presumed to have been copied from a now lost common source. The Apicius manuscript is the gem of the Academy’s Margaret Barclay Wilson Collection of cookery, acquired in 1929.

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Subjects (LC)
Cookbooks, Cooking, Latin peoples, Cooking, Mediterranean, Cooking, Roman, Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medicine
St. Catharine Hospital
Title
St. Catharine Hospital
Description
Color postcard with view of St. Catherine's Hospital in Brooklyn. Image shows the ivy-covered brick hospital building, people walking on the sidewalk, a business with a red-and-white-striped awning on the right-hand side. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Blanche to Miss Kathryn Becker in New York City, letting her know any night will suit her.
Subjects (LC)
Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, St. Catherine's Hospital (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Awnings, Pedestrians, People, Ivy, Street lighting
ID
nycbk_137
Geographic Subject
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)