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The exhibition “Medieval gastronomy. The Llibre de Sent Sovi and the cuisine in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries” can now be visited in the Academia room of La Nau building. The exhibition brings together more than one hundred pieces from museums, libraries and archives both Valencian, Spanish and European.
One of the exhibited works is one of the emblematic manuscripts that are part of the collection of the Biblioteca Històrica de la Universitat de València (BH Ms. 216). It is the “El Llibre de Sent Sovi”, a medieval Mediterranean cookbook by an anonymous author that contains more than two hundred recipes. It is one of the oldest European recipe books written in a language other than Latin. The manuscript, dated to the 15th century, is the oldest extant copy of the original unpreserved book written in 1324.
The manuscript is a compilation intended for the nobility, with sophisticated and elaborate dishes that were not part of the popular diet. In addition, they were dishes that in many cases were far removed from today's culinary tastes, some of them with a lot of sugar, but also others that are still in force, such as custard or cheese fritters.
The exhibition will be open to the public until May 4, 2025. In this link you can register for the organized guided tours. In addition, on February 20 there will be a gastronomic tasting by the chef Jorge de Andrés (La Sucursal group) in the same cloister after the ceremony presided over by the rector at 19:00 hours.
