Changes
{{Stars2|Category=Food|Category2=Crafts}} {{Food}}
==The Brezel or Pretzel==
Bread in the shape of a Brezel (modern German word) or Pretzel (Americanised) . is an old one, thought the precise origin is uncertain. Here are the three four earliest manuscript depictions of a Brezel that I have, so far, been able to find:<br>- Ottonian Manuscript Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig VII 1, fol 38, produced in 1030-1040AD in Regensburg Germany. The folio depicts the Last Supper, and among round bread and fish there is also a brezel on the table.
<br>
- Ottonian Manuscript In a Gospel from Salzburg, Austria (MS. Ludwig VII 1G44), fol 38dating to around 1050, produced in 1030-1040AD in Regensburg Germany. The folio depicts fol 80 shows the Last Supper, and among round bread and fish there is which also features a whole and one half a brezel on the table.
<br>
- English Manuscript from Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS373 3895B. It was made in the 12th century and depicts the wedding feast of Matilda and Henry V (Holy Roman Emperor) in 1114 AD. Again the brezel is on the table along with round bread, knives, dishes and bowls.
<br>
===Discussion===
The shape of the brezel in these images is not quite the same as the brezel from the later medieval period or the modern ones, which have a twist in the middle. These early brezel simply have the ends turned in on themselves so they touch at the top. But, importantly and distinctively, this still creates the three holes, which may representff represent the Holy Trinity.
== References ==
