[Bryn-gwlad] trenchers and plateware

[Dora Smith]

Question;

Since the Romans ate from plates and bowls, why would not the European 
nobility have done so in medieval times?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24 at yahoo.com
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>  Actually Spain, Porugal and the Italian city-states were lucky in the 
> level of
> Moorish and Turkish influence when it came ot plae ware.  I have found 
> highly
> decorative plates and such which came to be called majorca ware that is
> beautiful and very easible found even today (both original pieces and more
> modern examples.)  Several museums have samples of plates and serving 
> vessels
> that really make me envious.
>
> Other cultures also had wooden trenchers, clay plates and other such 
> eating
> ware.  Trenchers were practical in that they caught juices but they aren't 
> the
> sole example of period dishware.  I 



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