An Ordinance of Pottage: An Edition of the 15th Century Culinary Recipes in Yale University's MS Beinecke 163

by Constance B. Hieatt

140 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1988

About the author

Constance Bartlett Hieatt was an American/Canadian scholar with a broad interest in medieval languages and literatures, including Old Norse literature, Anglo-Saxon prosody and literature, and Middle English language, literature, and culture. She was an editor and translator of Karlamagnús saga, of Beowulf, and a scholar of Geoffrey Chaucer. She was particularly known as one of the world's foremost experts in English medieval cooking and cookbooks, and authored and co-authored a number of important books considered essential publications in the field. She died on December 29, 2011 in Essex, CT at the age of 83 years.