Source
Source: Die Familie am Tisch/Tischzucht. Woodcut by Georg Pencz (c.
1540). Kupferstichkabinett, SMB/Volker-H. Schneider, available online
at: Museum-Digital,
https://global.museum-digital.org/object/3164224
Abstract
This image is accompanied by a text by Hans Sachs about proper table manners. Among other instructions, the text states that one should sit down at the table with clean hands and trimmed fingernails, chew with one’s mouth closed, and refrain from wiping one’s mouth on the tablecloth.
Table Manners (c. 1540)
Recommended Citation
Table Manners (c. 1540),
published in: German History in Documents and Images,
<https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3261>
[April 22, 2025].