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1. A shepherd with his flock.2. Drawings of fish based on Medieval ceramic tiles.3. The season of Capricorn; the butchering of a pig.4. Female beekeeper.5. Beehive.6. A monks' garden.

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7. Harvesting leeks.8. The production of grain.9. Dairy scene. From The Da Costa Hours; Flemish, 1515.10. Gathering apples. Le Rustican, Pierre de Crescens. Flemish, early 16th century.11. Woman harvesting grain.12. Carrying a sack of wheat to the mill. Le mortifiement de vaine plaisance, Rene I d'Anjou. French, 15th century.

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13. Dispatching a boar.14. Wild boars. From Gaston Phoebus' Book of the Hunt, 15th Century.15. A hen in the henyard.16. The season of Scorpio; harvesting grapes & making wine.17. The month of December; innkeepers slaughter a pig.18. Harvesting grain for the mill.

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19. Stomping grapes for wine.20. Threshing grain.21. Cutting grapes.22. A fox catching a rooster.23. A manor's barn yard.24. A shepherd with flock; detail of previous image.

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<>25. Feeding hens.<>26. Harvesting grain.<>27. The month of August; harvesting grain. From the Compost et Kalendrier des Bergères, Paris 1499.<>28. Milking a cow.<>29. A wild boar.<>30. A cowherd with his animals.

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31. Killing a wild boar. 32. Stuffing a hen. 33. Feeding acorns to pigs. 34. Beekeeping.35. Butchering a pig.36. A beehive.

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37. Salmon. Jacques Vontet, La méthode de trancher les alouëttes, bequefis, & ortolans, avec toutes sortes d'autres petits oyseaux.38.  Collecting geese eggs. Tacuinum sanitatis, Germany, 15th c.39. Lambs. Maître de Charles d'Angoulême, Les secrets de l'histoire naturelle, contenant les merveilles et choses mémorables du monde, 1485, Paris.40. Peasants labor in field & forest. Gilles de Rome, Le Régime des princes, Rouen, 1450.41. Virgil observing bees. Œuvres avec les commentaires de Servius, Paris, 15th c.42. A Rooster. Pen-and-ink drawing from Troyes 145, fol. 12.

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1. The letter "O;" a drinking scene, with a wine barrel.2. Drawings of fish based on Medieval ceramic tiles.3. Various jugs.4. 17th century woodcut - an alewife.5. 17th century woodcut - Mother Louse, an alewife and "the last woman in England to wear a ruff."6. 17th century woodcut - an alewife.

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7. 17th century woodcut - a drunkard.8. 17th century woodcut - wine barrels.9. 17th century woodcut - wine barrels.10. 17th century woodcut - a Scotsman at his table.11. Tapping a keg; drawing based on a Medieval misericord wood carving.12. A Medieval innkeeper welcomes a guest.

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13. Alehouse patrons gather underneath the alestake.14. 17th century woodcut - outdoor tavern scene with alestake.15. 17th century woodcut - playing chess in an alehouse.16. A cellerer fills a jug while stealing a drink. From the Sloane Manuscript.17. Distilling alcohol.18. Checking the quality of wine.

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19. A taverner passes drink to his clientele.20. Young man with a portable flask.21. A student's drinking bout, from Directorium Statuum, Strassburg, about 1489.22. A hunter enjoying a drink; detail of a page from Horae, Paris 1503.23. Grapes and a wine cask decorate an initial A, from the Morton Missal, London 1500-1501.24. Bees with honey mead.

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25. Filling a pitcher with spring water.26. Enjoying aged wine.27. Drinking; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.28. White Wine; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.29. Red Wine; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.30. The wine merchant.31. Making mead.

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1. Dinner scene; tavern scene.2. A dinner scene.3. Hunters have an outdoor dinner.4. The Canterbury Tales pilgrims having dinner at The Tabard.5. Detail from a Last Supper.6. The month of January; a wealthy man at dinner.

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7. Monks at dinner.8. 17th century woodcut - dinner scene.9. A king at his table.10. "The House of Rest;" a dinner scene, with bread & frumenty being eaten.11. Detail from St. Peter Healing Petronilla, by Sano di Pietro (1406-1481).12. Detail of a Last Supper.

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19. Workers taking a lunch break; detail from the Maciejowski Bible, 13th century.20. A fat cook enjoying a drink with company.21. St. Mary at home.22. A couple enjoying a stew.23. Bath and board; Tristan, Paris, 1494-95.24. St. Louis feeds the poor. La Vie de St. Louis le confesseur de la reine Marguerite, Paris, 13th century.

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31. The Canterbury Tales Pilgrims dining at The Tabard Inn.32. Three women having a meal.33. A rustic serving three gentlemen.34. A dining couple offer a sculptor a drink; detail from Mercury and His Children, from the Hausbuch, Munich.35. The King entertained, from G. Caorsin, De Casu Regis Zyzymy, Ulm 1496.36. The Marriage at Cana, from the Spiegel menschlicher Behältnis, Basle 1476.

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37. Enjoying a "stew" - a bath and a meal.38. Nursemaid feeding a child.39. The Luttrell family at dinner; from the Luttrell Psalter.40. A king dining alone, from Walter de Milemete's manuscript of De secretis secretorum, 1326-7.41. Woodcut of a king and queen at dinner.42. Réception chez un marchand. Al-Harîrî, Al-Maqâmât (Les Séances). Baghdad, 1237.

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13. Entertainment at a feast.14. Renaissance silver plate featuring a classical feast scene.15. Feast scene; detail from the Bayeux Tapestry.16. A Biblical feast scene; detail from the Maciejowski Bible, 13th century.17. Anglo-Saxon feast scene.18. Anglo-Saxon feast scene.

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31. Wild men at a woodland feast.32. King Arthur and his Knights at the Round Table, from Walter Map, Le Livre des vertueux faix de plusiers nobles chevaliers, Rouen 1488.33. Three servers; detail from previous image.34. Detail from Exercitium super Pater Noster, Netherlands.35. 12th century German drawing of a king & queen being served.36. Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere at feast; an illumination from a French romance of 1300.

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37. Richard Beauchamp at dinner with Sir Baltirdam; from the Beauchamp Pageant, 1483-7.38. The Wedding at Cana; from the Holkham Bible picture book, 1220-30.39. The Last Supper; from the Luttrell Psalter.40. A king prepares for dinner; from Walter de Milemete's manuscript of De secretis secretorum, 1326-7.41. An 11th century banquet.

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13. Pouring grapes into the wine vat. From Theatrum Sanitatis; Italian, 1400.14. Picking grapes into a basket.15. Placing grapes in a tub.16. A mulberry plant.17. Woman with variously shaped loaves of bread.18. A basket of figs; from an anonymous broadside, Strasbourg, 1500.

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19. Preparing poultry; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.20. Lettuce; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.21. Purslain; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.22. Dragon-wort; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.

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25. Bitter almonds; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.26. Citrus; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.27. Cabbage; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.28. Orache; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.29. Spinach; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.30. Anda; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.

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37. Fresh Cheese; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.38. Prawn; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.39. The meats of sheep, ewe, and lamb; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.40. Bitter Milk; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.41. Spinach; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.42. Quince; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.

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13. A pheasant trap; Livre du roi Modus et de la reine Ratio.14. Freshly-killed game; Le Livre de chasse de Gaston Phébus.15. Fishing for lamprey; Tacuinum Sanitatis, 15th c., Paris.16. Le Sangier. Gaston Phoebus, Le livre de chasse, 14th c., Paris.17. Le cerf. Gaston Phébus, Le livre de chasse, 14th c., Paris.18. Henri de Ferrières, Livre du roi Modus et de la reine Ratio, Paris.

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13. The kitchen cat chasing rats. 14. English salt cellar in the form of an eagle, 1570. 15. Medieval flesh hooks, for collecting meat from pots. 16. A reconstructed Medieval kitchen. 17. Milk being churned; drawing based on an illumination from the Lutrell Psalter. 18. Cooking with a 3-legged pot.

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25. A woman churning. 26.  A large kitchen. 27. Biblical feast scene from the Maciejowski Bible, 13th century. 28. Sieving flour and making wafers; Velislav Picture Bible, Bohemia, c. 1340. 29. Young man with 3-legged cooking pot. 30. Young man cooking with three pots.

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43. Photograph of a kitchen hearth. 44. A portable oven and a pastry merchant. 45. A hearth scene; initial D from Jean d'Arras, Melusina, Strassburg, about 1478. 46. Butchering meat. 47. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century. 48. Preparing sausage skins; Flemish, 14th century.

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49. Making wheat bread; from the Tacuinum of Liege. 50. Making barley soup; from the Tacuinum of Liege. 51. A butcher at work; German, late 14th century. 52. Preparing poultry; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.53. Making bread; from Tacuinum Sanitatis, 15th c., Paris.54. A bakery; from Tacuinum Sanitatis, 15th c., Paris.55. A baker; Boccace, Le Décameron, Flandres, 1432.

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