All that’s known is that they are Medieval in origin, though that’s vague, as the Middle Ages lasted roughly 1,000 years, from the fifth to the fifteenth century. According to a paper ...

In the ‘Table culture’ series, Monika Kucia looks at today’s Polish table culture ... The pelican was a symbol of the medieval world and of the Teutonic Order; the figure of a pelican tearing out its ...