Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1440-50


 March. British Library. Yates Thompson 3 Book of Hours, Use of Rome (The Dunois Hours) France, Central (Paris); c. 1440-50

Friday, November 24, 2017

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1530 Serious Robes

'Redevancier de Saint-Germain-des-Pres' (detail) c.1530 French School at Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1440 Sanitary?

September. Treading grapes for wine. British Library. Yates Thompson 3 Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours') France, Central (Paris); c. 1440 - c. 1450

Friday, November 17, 2017

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 15C Drinking & Treading?

Book of Hours, France, Rouen or Orléans, last quarter of 15th century MS G.4 fol. 10r Treading grapes into wine

Monday, November 13, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - 1485 Donkeys & Grapes

Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry (Musée de Condé Ms. 65), c. 1485 detail

Friday, November 10, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1430 Wine Machine?

Psautier de la reine Marie, ca. 1310 VENDANGES, FOULAGE ET OUILLAGE. Grandes Heures de Rohan, Octobre, 1430-1435 Bringing harvested grapes to be treaded & pressed

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1483


Wine-making, from the Golf Book (Book of Hours, Use of Rome), workshop of Simon Bening (1483-1561)  Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1540, Additional MS 24098, f. 27v

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine

 Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp Dordrecht 1594-1651 The Grape Grower

Monday, November 6, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine

Man prunes Grape Vines. French c.1470-80. bodl_Liturg.41

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Autumn Grapes to Wine

1500s  Hours of Henry VIII MS H.Illuminated by Jean Poyer- New York Pierpont Morgan Library- March - Pruning the Grape Vines

Friday, November 3, 2017

Gardeners Preparing the Good Earth - Illuminated Manuscripts

Gardeners ploughing & sowing Golf Book (Book of Hours, Use of Rome), workshop of  Simon Benning (1484-1561)  Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1540, Additional MS 24098, f. 26v

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Gardeners Preparing the Good Earth - Illuminated Manuscripts

Golf Book (Book of Hours, Use of Rome), workshop of Simon Bening (1483-1561) Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1540, Additional MS 24098, f. 21r

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Gardeners Preparing the Good Earth - Illuminated Manuscripts

The Tres Riches Heures du Duc Berry (Book of Hours) ca, 1412-1416 - background is Château de Saumur. Detail