Well OK, let's continue with Wikipedia (right after the what I copied last time): "It was proper for a guest to arrive with his own fork and spoon enclosed in a box called a /cadena/" In other words, everyone had their OWN fork, not just one for a whole table.
BR, Margus Bob W wrote: > but they're talking about 'the' table fork. There was only one in > those days. It wasn't until the early 20th century that they made > another. After that forks started to get out of hand. > > Bob > > >> 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.
