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> [ “Instrumental keys \[on organs\], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists. ” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/instrumental-keys-on-organs-introduced-in-the-twelfth-century-are-so/)

[Joseph Gies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-gies/)

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## More by Joseph Gies

> [“A Jewish ethical treatise warns that a man must not express his anger by pounding on a book or by hitting people with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/a-jewish-ethical-treatise-warns-that-a-man-must-not-express-his-anger/)

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> [“At mealtime a very broad cloth is laid on the trestle table in the solar. to facilitate service, places are set along one side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/at-mealtime-a-very-broad-cloth-is-laid-on-the-trestle-table-in-the/)

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> [ “Instrumental keys \[on organs\], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists. ” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/instrumental-keys-on-organs-introduced-in-the-twelfth-century-are-so/)

[Joseph Gies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-gies/)

> [“For outdoors, he wears a mantle fastened at the shoulder with a clasp or chain; although buttons are sometimes used for decoration, the buttonhole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/for-outdoors-he-wears-a-mantle-fastened-at-the-shoulder-with-a-clasp/)

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> [“Between two each places stands a two-handed bowl, or ecuelle, which is filled with soup or stew. Two neighbors share the ecuelle, as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/between-two-each-places-stands-a-two-handed-bowl-or-ecuelle-which-is/)

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> [“Even for a well-to-do city family, making life comfortable is a problem. But arriving at a point where comfort becomes a problem for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/even-for-a-well-to-do-city-family-making-life-comfortable-is-a/)

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> [“...beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/beggars-were-permitted-to-enter-great-houses-and-solicit-directly/)

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> [“Across the bottom of the last page of many a book is written 'Explicit, Deo Gratias ('Finished, thank god')...Books are kept not on open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/across-the-bottom-of-the-last-page-of-many-a-book-is-written-explicit/)

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> [ “As the baby grows bigger, she \[wet nurse\] will chew his meat for him.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/as-the-baby-grows-bigger-she-wet-nurse-will-chew-his-meat-for-him/)

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> [“Sometimes the pagan spirit of Roman poetry arouses qualms. Guibert of Nogent confesses in his autobiography that early in his monastic life he took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gies/sometimes-the-pagan-spirit-of-roman-poetry-arouses-qualms-guibert-of/)

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