Liber Vultuum
Liber Vultuum, volumen Kuttenbergensefol. 197r
Portrait of Cecily

Cecily

farmer's daughter, of Suchdol

“I keep the main house at Dum cp. 5 and make sure my hands stay clean of the pig muck.”

Quid vis scribi?The scribe is at Vespers. Come back after, and bring him a candle.

Dicta

Things Cecily had written, latest first, with the glosses of her neighbours.

the Tuesday after St Gregory, at Vespers

The roads are still perilous, and I worry Bynyek will sell my silver clasp to some town girl in Prague before he returns here. I check the dovecote every morning to make sure my coins are safe.

  • Edith
    Edith

    That peddler is a cheat. You are a fool to wait for him.

Nota scribaeShe kept clasping her hands tightly before her chest while speaking.

the third day of Easter week, at None

Grandfather William gave me two pennies for the feast day. He is the only one who understands that a girl needs a bit of finery in this hard world. Father would only yell about the sin of pride.

  • William
    William

    Hush now, Cecily. Keep it hidden from your father.

  • Jan
    Jan

    What is this about hidden pennies? You will give them to me for the household.

the eve of St George, at Sext

I saw Robert hauling timber today. He is handsome enough, but he moves so dreadfully slowly. I cannot fathom why a man his age is always covered in dirt and groaning.

  • Robert
    Robert

    My back was crushed by a timber cart three winters ago, you silly girl. Every step is agony.

Nota scribaeDictated while staring blankly past the wooden fences.

the Monday after Laetare Sunday, at Terce

Joan and Margery are weeping about the silver they owe the parish priest. They were utter fools to promise coin to a wandering friar. I certainly will not offer them a single penny of my own to help them avoid the pillory.

  • Joan
    Joan

    We only wanted masses said for our dead. You have no heart, Cecily.

Candlemas, at Prime

My father Jan made a fuss over a dropped copper today. I swept it up while he was out and it is mine now. The miller's boy gave me another for the spilled grain I scraped together. The hoard grows.

  • Anna
    Anna

    Girl, you had best not be stealing from the master's purse.

Nota scribaeThe priest notes that stealing from one's father is a sin to be confessed.

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