medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Allow me to correct myself. The man in the illustration is not
writing, but reading. He is in a library, not a scriptorium.
yrs, (again) tom ault
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:41:03 -0400
Cecil T Ault <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I don't see any metal armature, but I do see two weights attached to
>straps draped over the writer's desk. The leather straps are
> attached to the bottom of the desk and lie over the pages to keep
>them flat. I have a modified version that I use every day. yrs, tom
>ault
>
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:24:56 -0500
> Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>From: Diana Wright <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>> Is that a metal armature holding the top part of the desk, what kind
>>>of
>> metal, & did it swivel or anything?
>>
>>> > http://www.kzoo.edu/history/Wickstrom/vincent.jpg
>>
>>
>> this form of writing desk is not uncommon in contemporary woodcuts
>> --presumably it was the latest bit of Hi-Tech scriptorium furnature,
>>right
>> there on the Cutting Edge of Information Technology before it all
>>got swept
>> away by that Lazy Luddite, Guttenberg.
>>
>> remember that the Crank was a pretty recent invention (unless you
>>count Bernie
>> of Clairvaux, who was a Head of his time).
>>
>> i've always puzzled about them, but have never seen one in color
>>before.
>>
>> certianly *looks* like it's a piece of 4 inch iron pipe, in three
>>sections,
>> with two welds a right angles.
>>
>> simple enough to make, these daze, but not possible in the M.A., to
>>my
>> knowledge (and yet, there it *is*).
>>
>> because of the stresses it would take, i can't imagine it being made
>>out of
>> wood, and it looks to be too large in diameter for being cast.
>>
>> presumably it's advantage over the traditional form would be that,
>>yes, it
>> could be swiveled, to share one's work with a curious collegue.
>>
>> i would not be surprised if one survives in some museum somewhere,
>>presumably
>> in Germany (seems like at least one of everything survives in some
>>German
>> museum).
>>
>> c
>>
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