More Painted Dessert Trenchers on the internet!

[ppfuf]

Malcolm Jones (author of The Secret Middle Ages)* just told me the National Museum of Scotland has put their three partial sets of trenchers into their on-line database! I wrote about this set briefly a while back, and these new pictures also include the box, which was previously unavailable. It looks like a simple turned box with remnants of paint. Unfortunately, I can’t see it clearly enough to determine what (if any) the design might have been. While the floral bands on this set are typical, there's an unusual posy:
Why do you mistrust before you have need?
Your sire is good for word and deed.
As himself, he loves his wife,
Never to change during his life.

*Someone you know probably wants this book for Christmas, it's got a lot of cool stuff in it.