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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Well, I don't see it, John. If it was a reading desk it would slope even more and have a rim at the bottom to rest the book on. The photo is still not clear enough to see the slope; for that you'd have to have a side view. IMO it's a footstool. Only thing is: you'd be trampling crosses underfoot... Henk -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens John Dillon Verzonden: zaterdag 14 augustus 2010 0:25 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 13. August medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I've been using the descriptor "writing desk" for this object since 2007, when I borrowed it, along with an image of the object, from another contributor to this list. No one having questioned the aptness of that descriptor then, I just copied it from year to year. The top is obviously not a writing surface but I have wondered whether the object has a shallow compartment that permitted a perhaps traditional characterization of it as a "writing desk" in the sense of a portable desk in which one kept such writing utensils as a stylus and a wax tablet. The object is usually referred to as a "reading desk". I have also seen it referred to as a "prayer desk". In the images linked to below it does appear to slope: http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/4505/desk01.gif http://tinyurl.com/63v3xr Best again, JD On Friday, August 13, 2010, at 12:36 pm, Henk wrote: > This is a writing desk? Very unlikely. If you put a piece of vellum on > that > you'll get a pretty uneven result when you write on it. It's also not > sloping, which all medieval writing desks were, and it has no > upstanding rim > at one side to prevent the vellum sliding off. This is NOT a writing desk. > > Henk > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Christopher Crockett > Verzonden: vrijdag 13 augustus 2010 18:32 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 13. August > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > > > 4) Radegund, queen of Franks (d. 587). > > > R.'s writing desk in the musée Sainte-Croix at Poitiers: > > http://tinyurl.com/5sdb76 > > > this artifact has been put forward in some circles as definitive proof > that > she did not use a ball point pen. > > sounds like a reasonable hypothesis, to me. > > c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html