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Books, banks, buttons, and other inventions from the Middle Ages / Chiara Frugoni ; translated by William McCuaig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frugoni, Chiara, 1940-2022.
- Standardized Title:
- Medioevo sul naso. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--History.
- Technology.
- History.
- Inventions--History.
- Inventions.
- Science, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 178 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This entertaining romp through the inventions of the period tells the story of the first appearance of dozens of items of lasting significance. From the invention of eyeglasses (by a now-forgotten layperson who sought to keep his methods secret, the better to profit from them) to the creation of the fork (at first regarded as an instrument of diabolical perversion but embraced when it helped people handle another invention of the age, pasta), this beautifully illustrated volume is a fitting tribute to a misunderstood era that gave us countless items from which we still benefit today.
- Notes:
- Originally published in Italian as: Medioevo sul naso : occhiali, bottoni e altre invenzioni medievali.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231128126
- OCLC:
- 49550284
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