[Sca-cooks] fans

[Stefan li Rous]

> I was wandering around the Museum's links page and found this Fan
> Museum. How cool is that?
> http://www.fan-museum.org/

Well, I had high hopes they would have some information on fans in the 
European Middle Ages. Unfortunately, the site doesn't have that much 
history at all, and what little they have jumps from the Romans to the 
imported folding fans of the late 16th century. Folding or non-folding, 
I'd like to find more info on whether fans were used in Europe in the 
Middle Ages.

For those interested in fans, there is this short file in the 
ACCESSORIES section of the Florilegium:
fans-msg           (9K) 11/21/94    Use of folding fans in period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/fans-msg.html

Stefan
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