“At mealtime a very broad cloth is laid on the trestle table in the solar. to facilitate service, places are set along… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“Instrumental keys [on organs], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists. ” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“For outdoors, he wears a mantle fastened at the shoulder with a clasp or chain; although buttons are sometimes used for decoration,… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“...beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep. ” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“Across the bottom of the last page of many a book is written 'Explicit, Deo Gratias ('Finished, thank god')...Books are kept not… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“As the baby grows bigger, she [wet nurse] will chew his meat for him.” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“A Jewish ethical treatise warns that a man must not express his anger by pounding on a book or by hitting people with it.… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“At mealtime a very broad cloth is laid on the trestle table in the solar. to facilitate service, places are set along one side… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“Instrumental keys [on organs], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists. ” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“For outdoors, he wears a mantle fastened at the shoulder with a clasp or chain; although buttons are sometimes used for decoration, the buttonhole… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“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… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“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… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“...beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep. ” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“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… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“As the baby grows bigger, she [wet nurse] will chew his meat for him.” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the pagan spirit of Roman poetry arouses qualms. Guibert of Nogent confesses in his autobiography that early in his monastic life he took… — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
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