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Sun May 28 20:04:55 PDT 2006
recto)- 13th c.- Serving bowls, drinking bowls, knives, misc. bread (and a
servant cutting what looks like trencher), teh salt, and a ewer.
A 14th c text of Arthur and the Round Table (I don't have the cite- sorry)
shows a rounded horseshoe table, with a fringed cloth, and serving dishes,
knives, drinking cups, and manchets.
A 13th c _Parzival_ (again, no cite) shows the cloth with elaborate folds
in the front, the scrolly name-tag things on important people, and salts,
serving dishes, and scored bread/manchets.
January, _Tres Riches Heures_ (early 15th c, BTW) shows a variety of food
prep going on on the table, assorted serving dishes, a couple of bowls, an
enourmous nef, and two Taco Bell-size dogs. Gorgeous tablecloth too.
Luttrel Psalter, f. 208- Serving dishes, knives, cups and bowls, two
spoons, and assorted bread. Servant in front has the appropiate towel- one
of the earlier depictions of the fringed towel.
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