No, no, no. There was only one fork in the whole world! But it had such prestige that people brought a cadena containing only a spoon - the fork space was there simply to impress. You see, the whole world was caught in a lie that no one could break out of. It was only Popes, Emperors and the Negus who ever owned THE fork, but to boost their own standing lesser mortals would make space in their cadena for the time in some unspecified future when they would rise to being Pope, Emperor or Negus. Nobody at that time had thought of actually making another fork, except of course Joan of Arc, and we toasted her with it.
Bob > > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
