I have found no pictures of the dish described here, so this is a drawing of a spice merchant from the fifteenth-century Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwölfbrüderstiftung.
The image shows an elderly man dresssed in a blue tunic and black hood. He is holding scales in his right hand and is standing behind a market stall. The stall consists of a board laid over a barrel, and on it, we see a number of small bags laid out with their opening rolled up to display the contents. They are (presumably leather) pouches holding spices for sale. In the background, stylised houses indicate an urban scene.
Following Monday's post on making medieval food colours, here is the recipe for using them all: A layercake made without fire, from the Dorotheenkloster MS:
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