Hi there, copy-paste from Wikipedia: "First introduced to Western Europe in the 10th century by Theophanu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanu>, Byzantine wife of Emperor Otto II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II>, the table fork had, by the 11th century, made its way to Italy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy>. In Italy, it became quite popular by the 14th century, being commonly used for eating by merchant and upper classes by 1600."
10th to 11th and even 14th century sounds medieval enough for me... BR, Margus frank theriault wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:04 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I was shooting a "medieval" feast on the weekend (with the new toy) in >> a room that was lit by nothing but candles. I initially had the AF >> assist lamp on, but I was blinding the guests & causing a few odd >> expressions so I turned it off. >> >> Wasn't expecting much, but was very pleased with how well it focused. >> >> Rough edit pano from the night here (~620kb): >> >> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2873443880_d16e513f24_o.jpg> >> > > The guy on the left has a fork. They never had forks in medieval times. > > Wait, they didn't have digital cameras back then, either. I think > they had like old folding Kodaks or something. > > I've gotta say, that's a cool photo (forks notwithstanding). > > cheers, > frank > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
