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