Admittedly, my knowledge of tools in history is pretty limited, as is my knowledge of the ancient Roman philosophy that influences the subject matter in this painting. This image, a detail of the fresco Allegories of Good and Bad Government painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in 1338-9, shows a woman holding a hand plane. If I find any earlier images I'll have to take note. For more details about this subject and lots of images of this and other frescoes, please see the marvelous book: Italian Frescoes, the age of Giotto, 1280-1400 by Joachim Poeschke ISBN-13: 978-0-7892-0863-7.
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3 comments:
Thanks for the beautiful picture!
Original archaological finds of handplanes exist from roman times on, by the way :-)
Chris
At first I thought you meant an airplane. D'oh!
Anyway, I enjoy this post as well as your blog. I think it's great that you are using the medieval techniques that I fear are in danger of fading away from lack of regular use.
If you want to know more on the history of handplanes, you should have a look at the book "Die geschichte des hobels" by Josef Greber isbn 3-88746-188-6. It is in German language however, but there are many medieval handplanes pictures in it, including the concordia
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