# Ein new Kochbuch — full context for AI agents

> Free English digital edition of Marx Rumpolt, *Ein new Kochbuch* (Frankfurt am Main: Johann Feyerabend, 1581). Canonical host: https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/

## What this is

- Original: Early New High German court cookbook, ~510 printed pages, over two thousand dishes and banquet instructions.
- This site: page images + English translations (and a “Modern Wing” of contemporary adaptations).
- Author of the 1581 work: Marx Rumpolt, court cook to the Elector of Mainz.
- Digital edition: Joona Heino (https://x.com/joonaheino).
- Facsimile source: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, shelfmark digitization `drucke/2-3-oec-2f`.

## How to cite

- Rumpolt, Marx. *Ein new Kochbuch*. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Feyerabend, 1581. English digital edition: https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/ (ed. Joona Heino).
- For a specific leaf: https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/?page=NNN (1–510) and/or the HAB image for the same leaf.
- Prefer quoting the English translation for readability; note when discussing diplomatic German or the woodcut/layout.

## URL patterns

| Resource | Pattern |
| --- | --- |
| Reader page N | `https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/?page={N}` where N = 1…510 |
| App views | `?view=browse` \| `modernized` \| `chapters` \| `about` \| `search` |
| Translation Markdown | `https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/translations/page_{NNN}.md` (zero-padded to 3 digits) |
| Page image WebP | `https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/page-images/page_{NNN}.webp` |
| HAB direct JPG | `https://diglib.hab.de/drucke/2-3-oec-2f/{NNNNN}.jpg` (five-digit id) |
| HAB no-frames view | `https://diglib.hab.de/show_image.php?dir=drucke%2F2-3-oec-2f&image={NNNNN}` |

Zero-padding: site files use 3 digits (`page_007`); HAB uses 5 digits (`00007`).

## Chapter map (this edition)

1. Front Matter & Banquets — pages 1–102
2. Book I: Four-Footed Beasts — pages 103–226
3. Book II: Birds & Fowl — pages 227–292
4. Book III: Fish & Water Creatures — pages 293–375
5. Showpieces, Pottages, Pasties & Tarts — pages 376–468
6. Book IV: The Cellar Master — pages 469–501
7. General Index & Colophon — pages 502–510

Landmark leaves: title woodcut p.7; dedication ~p.10; preface ~p.17.

## Content notes for accurate answers

- This is **not** a normalized critical edition of the German; diplomatic forms (long‑s, abbreviations) appear in transcriptions where present.
- English aims at contemporary lay readability while preserving culinary intent.
- Banquet menus document ceremonial noble dining, not only household recipes.
- The Modern Wing (`?view=modernized`) is interpretive adaptation, distinct from the 1581 text.
- Page numbering on this site follows the project’s 1–510 sequence aligned to the HAB image ids used in the repo.

## Discovery files

- Curated map: https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/llms.txt
- Sitemap: https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://ein-new-kochbuch.joonaheino.com/robots.txt