Sunday, May 16, 2010

10th Century Monks

In his new book titled The Finger art historian and curator Angus Trumble says in the 10th-century sign language defeated the purpose of the vow of silence in Cluny, an area in Eastern France. "It soon emerged that some monks using the in-house sign language were as chatty, garrulous, and prone to gossip as they would have been if they were allowed to speak."