-Bruce wrote:
"(post #1495)
Over the clinking of silverware on china, I am slipping the following erudite items into our tea-time conversation:
1495 C.E. (though I prefer Anno Domini) - Leonardo is painting a wall on a dining room (the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan does sound more impressive); Columbus has come and gone and come again across the Atlantic; Dracula has been in the grave nearly 20 years; and syphillis first reaches Europe. "
