The picture is Konrad von Zest with glasses. Detail of the altar in Bad Wildungen allegedly in 1404.
Joan of arc born 1412
Battle of Agincourt 1415
Google spectacles. You get dates.
Google 13thc art. And yes, I mean 13th century.
Read all your history books, fiction and non-fiction.
I may very well be wrong but….(?)
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This is very curious. I had look up who he was and found an alternate spelling in Wiki of Conrad von Soest. And I looked up the earliest reference to spectacles in European painting and found it to be a fresco in Treviso, in which a cardinal, Hugh de Provence is depicted at his desk wearing spectacles. The painting is dated 1352 by Tommaso da Modena, but the Cardinal died in the 1260s…(13th century?). So a bit of re-writing history! Here is the link about the painting of the cardinal. http://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=1755 Conrad seemed to have been quite prolific and influenced by French Illumination.
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Great link, Deb. Thank you. Curious indeed. I understand the art thing and human vanity (!) But all the fiction books we’ve read…The only person I can think of is Sybilla, Lymond’s mother. 16thC. I can’t remember a single other history book (F or N-F) that mentions reading glasses. You know how long I spent with Richelieu He suffered dreadful migraines, survived on 2 or 3 hours sleep, read and dictated at stupid o’clock. The dates and the narratives don’t add up whichever way we look at them. I love a mystery :o)
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