SC - Cilantro and Pine Nuts Salad
    Michael F. Gunter 
    michael.gunter at fnc.fujitsu.com
       
    Fri Jun 16 07:27:07 PDT 2000
    
    
  
Elianora Mathewes writes:
>  I'm looking for images of a particular type of wooden
>  trencher used in the 16th century: the primary characteristic
>  of the type is that it has poetry or Biblical quotations and
>  painted decorations on the bottom; the top should be of plain
>  wood.  It was used for serving fruit, and is sometimes
>  referred to as a "roundel."
>  
>  If you could refer me to specific books or even a museum
>  website with pictures of this sort of trencher, I'd be very grateful.
There is a fine picture by Georg Flegel, German, ca. 1600s showing lots of 
goodies a stack of roundels, glasses and plates, some spoons and a nice 
knife, at:
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/f/p-flegel3.htm
Rudd Rayfield
    
    
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