Pitanz
Pitanz (from Latin pietas = “mildness”, “goodness”; Middle Latin pietantia or pythancia ) is the name of an additional portion of food for monks or members of a spiritual institution such as monasteries and hospitals on certain occasions, for example on certain holidays or during Lent Easter.
Conversations , sick people and guests should not be excluded from the pitch . The office of Pitanzmeister (Pitanzer, Pythancionarius) was created for the assignment in the 13th century. It consisted primarily of protein-rich foods such as eggs and cheese, but also wheat bread, butter, beer or wine or a double serving of fish. The cost of the additional food came from pious foundations, e.g. B. to commemorate the dead, disputed. Occasionally, in the secular area, an extra portion or addition of food was referred to as a pitanz.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pitanz . In: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 10 , issue 7/8 (edited by Heino Speer and others). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-7400-0988-8 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de ).
- ↑ Medieval Lexicon . ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
