[Sca-cooks] Fourteenth century Norman fork

JIMCHEVAL at aol.com JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
Fri Jan 18 13:33:36 PST 2013


I imagine most people here know that table forks  weren't used (in France 
at least) until well after the medieval period; some may  have been used in 
kitchens.

This document (from persee.fr) on domestic  objects and arms from Normandy 
made of iron is interesting overall; among other  things it includes an 
image of a fourteenth century fork (on page  214):

Corpus des objets domestiques et des armes en fer de Normandie. Du  Ier au 
XVe siècle 
Patrick Halbout , Christian Pilet , Catherine  Vaudour    Cahier des 
Annales de  Normandie     Year   1986     Volume   20    Issue   20     pp. 1-255  

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/annor_0570-1600_1986_
hos_20_1_4129?_Prescripts_Search_tabs1=standard&

Jim  Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

Newly translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste  Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France  




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