Fork, 15th century, Italian, Iron, copper alloy, partially gilt, niello, Overall: 11 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in. ( x x

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Fork, 15th century, Italian, Iron, copper alloy, partially gilt, niello, Overall: 11 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in. ( x x cm), Metalwork-Iron, An eleventh-century manuscript now in the Biblioteca dell’Abbazia, Montecassino, depicts two men at a table, using two-pronged forks to assist in carving and eating. This practice was extremely rare, although a letter written by Peter Damiano (circa 1070-1072) mentions that the Byzantine wife of the doge of Venice refused to follow the Western custom of eating with her fingers and insisted that she be allowed to use a two-pronged fork

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