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May 3, 2005
Word searches
I do love computers, but I'm in the middle of one of those since-you-can-you-must projects. I'm trying to figure out some things about the wearing and viewing practices of medieval badges. For that I have to have a clearer idea of what they were called in the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. The most useless term so far is the French quincaillerie or "trinket," sort of. It's a pejorative term for jewellry, more commonly used in modern French for what we call "hardware." Not particularly specific and far too common, but sometimes that's the word in use. Bibelot shows up as well, though mainly in the usage biblotier. AND, of course, spelling wasn't particularly standardized. Oh, well.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at May 3, 2005 3:42 PM