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“For outdoors, he wears a mantle fastened at the shoulder with a clasp or chain; although buttons are sometimes used for decoration, the buttonhole has not been invented. ”
― Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City
― Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City
“At mealtime a very broad cloth is laid on the trestle table in the solar. to facilitate service, places are set along one side only. On that side the cloth falls to the floor, doubling as a communal napkin...there are several kinds of knives...but no forks.”
― Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City
― Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City
“...beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep. ”
― Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City
― Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City
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