cook's cote (was Re: SC - test- don't read)
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Tue Oct 10 20:58:30 PDT 2000
>"... vnd sollen fein weisse saubere Ha:embder/ auch nicht schmutzige/
>rotzige vnd beschmirige/ sondern fein reine/ hu:ebsche/ saubere/ kurtze/
>nicht weitte/ zodende/ hangende vnd lumpende/ sondern wolgemachte enge
>Kleider/ an Hosen vnd Wammes/ antragen"
>(from Rumpolt's office of and requirements for a cook, 1581).
>
>weisse saubere Ha:embder = white, clean shirts/ clothes
>(There are black & white woodcuts of cooks that might be helpful for
>other details.)
>
>Thomas
Are there more interesting details in that quote? Can you, Thomas, or
anyone else who knows German put that into English, please. I speak
and read three languages, but German isn't one of them.
Thanks
Anahita al-shazhiyya
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