[Sca-cooks] what did they do with dirty tableware?

[Stefan li Rous]

Brighid ni Chiarain commented:
> On 7 May 2002, at 13:42, Harris Mark.S-rsve60 wrote:
> > I thought napkins were a post-period development. Let's assume
> > a 14th Century feast here.
>
> As it happens, I just taught a class at a local schola on medieval
> table manners.  Although most of the period courtesy manuals are
> from the 15th and 16th centuries, there are some that are older.
> The 12th century "Urbanus Magnus" by Daniel of Beccles
> mentions napkins used to wipe ones hands after washing.  He also
> instructs diners to wipe their knives on a piece of bread, and not to
> lick it or scape it clean on edge of his plate.

So, do you have a good set of notes for this class? Or would you
like to write an article on this for the Florilegium?

Maybe you can reform some of us country bumkin nobleman?

Stefan

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