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Multitasking

Even in the late 1290s, women had to do everything at once...


(From a copy of the 'Smithfield Decretals', British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV f. 29v)
bookerdanaM
I don't know what anybody is doing ,there馃檭
Persephonee22-25, F
@bookerdana it's a woman (she's nursing a baby too!), but not sure if it's the scribe just really letting himself go, or it (somehow) illustrates a point in the text
bookerdanaM
@Persephonee thanks..theres a woman at the bottom ,too holding something and a bird to boot馃檭 multi tasking at its finest
Persephonee22-25, F
@bookerdana I think it's a blackbird (yellow beak?). And there's a monkey with a giant cotton wool bud at the top of the page!
Donotfolowme51-55, F
I couldn't understand anything other than feeding kid
Persephonee22-25, F
@Donotfolowme She's a woman on stilts carrying a cooking pot! Isn't that something you do regularly?
Donotfolowme51-55, F

 
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