Comments on: ‘Miss’ revisits the Ashmolean http://rsdownie.co.uk/2010/01/29/1281/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:53:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ruth http://rsdownie.co.uk/2010/01/29/1281/#comment-674 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:51:29 +0000 http://rsdownie.co.uk/?p=1281#comment-674 Ah! So they think it’s odd too. Thanks!

]]> By: Sarah Cuthbertson http://rsdownie.co.uk/2010/01/29/1281/#comment-673 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:45:08 +0000 http://rsdownie.co.uk/?p=1281#comment-673 PS I don’t know if you’re interested but I just googled this from Rogue Classicism – discussion and comments:

http://rogueclassicism.com/2010/02/03/rethinking-that-roman-swiss-army-knife/

]]> By: Ruth http://rsdownie.co.uk/2010/01/29/1281/#comment-672 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:44:23 +0000 http://rsdownie.co.uk/?p=1281#comment-672 Strange, isn’t it? Aren’t we told that the Saxons didn’t use forks either? Yet if you click on the ‘metals’ link on Martin Weaver’s website, there’s a photo of one from a Saxon grave. http://www.mweaver.co.uk/ So what were they used for? Maybe somebody at the Fitzwilliam will know. Have a great week, Sarah.

]]> By: Sarah Cuthbertson http://rsdownie.co.uk/2010/01/29/1281/#comment-671 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:31:45 +0000 http://rsdownie.co.uk/?p=1281#comment-671 Thanks, Ruth, for these links. We’re having a week in Oxford and Cambridge at the end of the month and of course both museums are high on our list of stuff to do. I’m intrigued by the Roman “Swiss Army Knife” in the Fitzwilliam slideshow, esp the fork attachment. I’ve always been told that the Romans didn’t use forks to eat with but this one (like the rest of the utensils) doesn’t look as if it’s detachable so maybe they did use them in some way, but not at table. Any road up I’m keen to see it in the flesh, so to speak.

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