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- Title:
- Tagalogs 1590S
- Description:
- Morga resided at Intramuros Manila around when today’s title image was painted for a one-of handwritten book known as “The Boxer Codex.” Natives eating the food Morga mentions would have dressed as shown. In addition to mabolo and sampaloc they ate NANCA (Artocarpus heterophylus), jackfruit in English from Portuguese jaca (derived from Malay chakka). It may have been first domesticated by Austronesians in Java or the Malay Peninsula. Filipinos may have brought it to Guam during Spanish colonial times. SANTOL (Sandorocum koetjape) was another Southeast Asian indigenous fruit eaten. It was introduced to Indo China and the Indian area.
- Subjects:
- Nanca Jackfruit Santol
- Exhibition:
- Antonio Morga 30
- Source:
- Vibal Publishing released a reproduction of The Boxer Codex that is sold in bookstores.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Tagalogs 1590S", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll060.html