These 16th-century knives are decorated with musical scores and lyrics and each one of them has an engraved prayer that was supposed to be said before a meal. For example, one of the knives has this engraving: “The blessing of the table. May the Three-in-One bless that which we are about to eat.”
I've sung all my life; I especially love 16-century choir music and plainsong (Gregorian) chant. But I had never seen anything like the knives in #19. Note the older music script, which is no longer in use, but which some people find easier to read.
#3 I believe that in the US, a majority of people had dryers by the 60s, and that by the 70s, very few people did not have them.
#14, "woolen socks", perhaps and I have toes on my feet, not sure about Romans though.
#15 Now why would they be reading multiple books at once???