[ANSTHRLD] Keys and crow

Jennifer Smith jds at randomgang.com
Wed May 11 11:49:59 PDT 2011


On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> Please specify exact orientation of the keys -- horizontal, vertical,
> bendwise, what?  Which end has the head/bow?  Which way is the plate
> at the tip, the bit, facing?  (Wikipedia says that "wards" refers to a
> lock, not to a key.  In brief searching, I haven't found a good site
> to definitively define the parts of a medieval key.)

"fiddly bits".  That's a technical term...

-Emma
(not Wreath YET)



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