this is a real book about how to behave in a civilised manner during the middle ages…
i.e don’t pick your nose
also there were rules on what pets/livestock you could let in the hall
Bestia brutalis non impresepiat aula, Nec porcus, nec murilegus videatur in illa,
Esse queunt in ea dextrarius et palefridus,
Addictique canes lepori, catulique molossi;
Aucupitres, nisi, falcones et mereelle.
Let not a brute beast be stabled in the hall, let not a pig
or a cat be seen in it; the animals which can be seen in it
are the charger and the palfrey, hounds entered to hare,
mastiff pups, hawks, sparrow-hawks, falcons and merlins.
(2206-10)
TBH this seems rather unfair (it even looks like the pig and cat think so!), plus keeping the horse indoors will surely leave the household with a somewhat messy hallway?
Daniel of Beccles
