Pietro Crescenzi
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Pietro Crescenzi[1] (c.1233-c.1321) was an Italian jurist[2]from Bologna, now known as a writer on agriculture. His work Ruralia Commoda[3], written about 1305[4] and printed in 1471, has been called the best work from medieval Europe on the topic.[5] It was dedicated to Charles II of Naples.[6]
He was an oenophile, a strong advocate of waiting till a wine was at least 1 year old before drinking it, in contrast to the contemporary view of critics of that time who felt that wine was best drunk very young. Woodcuts of later editions are regularly found as illustrations on restaurant wine lists. [7]
[edit] References
- Will Richter, Ruralia commoda: Das Wissen des vollkommenen Landwirts um 1300
[edit] Notes
- ^ Petrus de Crescentius, Petrus de Crescentiis, Petrus Crescentiensis, Peter de Crescentiis, Pietro dei Crescenzi, Pietro de Crescenzi, Pietro de Crescenzi, Pietro de' Crescenzi, Pier de' Crescenzi, Pier de Crescenzi, Pier Crescenzi, Piero Crescientio, Piero de Crescenzi, Piero de' Crescenzi.
- ^ History of Horticulture - Crescenzi, Pietro 14th Century
- ^ Also Liber ruralium commodorum, De Omnibus agriculturae partibus.
- ^ Placed 1304-9:[1].
- ^ Cincinnati Historical Society - Pietro de Crescenzi
- ^ [2]
- ^ Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 127. Simon and Schuster 1989
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