Talk:Girdle book

German wikipedia
Based on translate.google.com, the German wikipedia version of this article is superior, indeed better than anything I can find on the web anywhere in English. In addition the Dansk version contains a lot of good material on specific Girdle Books. I don't speak German, and google translate is not good enough to translate directly - if someone who reads German would like to translate the article, it would be a big help as there is nothing on the web anywhere in English at the moment as good. -- Stbalbach 14:05, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Number of girdle books
There are hundreds of artistic representations of girdle books, but only 26 medieval girdle books have survived in their original binding, the oldest datable example being from Kastl, Germany (ca. 1453)

The source mentioned says that the number is 23 and as far as I know that's correct. I do not know however if Margit J. Smith have discovered further girdle books in her documentation project. I assume that it's the same 23 I've listed in the Danish article but I don't know since a German contact never delivered an article by Ursula Bruckner where they are listed. And a couple of those I've listed seem to have been lost. --Heelgrasper 05:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * 26 must have been my typo, thanks for seeing and correcting. BTW I think both the German and Danish versions of the article are better if your interested in doing a translation. -- Stbalbach 15:40, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

image error
Is this image really "Later image of a monk carrying a girdle book in his hand." ? It looked a little like a leper and leper's clapper to me, but I am not sure either way. The image's source is not referenced —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.176.175.142 (talk) 19:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

There is a quote in the article from Medieval Girdle book Project. is that quote verbatim and, if so, does it violate copyrights? Markwhite01 (talk) 19:41, 12 February 2020 (UTC)