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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:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and 
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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:
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and 
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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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