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Robert Grosseteste Quotes

And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals Picture Quote #1

The return from cows and sheep in cheese is worth much money every day in the season, without calves and lambs, and without the manure, which all return corn and fruit Picture Quote #1

The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands Picture Quote #1

Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there Picture Quote #1

Know that each acre of fallow ought to support yearly two sheep at the least, then a hundred acres of fallow can support two hundred sheep, two hundred acres, four hundred sheep and so on Picture Quote #1

And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults Picture Quote #1

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And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need Picture Quote #1

And as far as possible for sickness or fatigue, constrain yourself to eat in the hall before your people, for this shall bring great benefit and honour to you Picture Quote #1

It is not possible for form to do without matter because it is not separable, nor can matter itself be purged of form Picture Quote #1

This part of optics, when well understood, shows us how we may make things a very long distance off appear as if placed very close, and large near things appear very small, and how we may make small things placed at a distance appear any size we want, so that it may be possible for us to read the smallest letters at incredible distances, or to count sand, or seed, or any sort or minute objects Picture Quote #1

In the beginning of time, light drew out matter along with itself into a mass as great as the fabric of the world Picture Quote #1

Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms Picture Quote #1

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If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over Picture Quote #1

Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable Picture Quote #1

Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words Picture Quote #1

Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners Picture Quote #1

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul Picture Quote #1

And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock Picture Quote #1

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And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced Picture Quote #1

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And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) The return from cows and sheep in cheese is worth much money every day in the season, without calves and lambs, and without the manure, which all return corn and fruit (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Know that each acre of fallow ought to support yearly two sheep at the least, then a hundred acres of fallow can support two hundred sheep, two hundred acres, four hundred sheep and so on (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) And as far as possible for sickness or fatigue, constrain yourself to eat in the hall before your people, for this shall bring great benefit and honour to you (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) It is not possible for form to do without matter because it is not separable, nor can matter itself be purged of form (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) This part of optics, when well understood, shows us how we may make things a very long distance off appear as if placed very close, and large near things appear very small, and how we may make small things placed at a distance appear any size we want, so that it may be possible for us to read the smallest letters at incredible distances, or to count sand, or seed, or any sort or minute objects (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) In the beginning of time, light drew out matter along with itself into a mass as great as the fabric of the world (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock (Robert Grosseteste Quotes) And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced (Robert Grosseteste Quotes)