Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1250

SEPTEMBRE, Psautier, Septembre, ca. 1250 Harvested grapes to be treaded & pressed into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1280

Psautier de la reine Marie, ca. 1310 Treading grapes in the month of September in the Canterbury Calendar, c. 1280

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1385

SARMENTS ACCROCHES A UNE PERGOLA, Picking & Treading grapes for wine 1385

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1270

Martyrologe de St-Germain-des-Prés, 1270 Picking & Treading grapes for Wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1390

AUTOMNE, Treading the grapes in the wine press from The Tacuinum Sanitas of Vienna, 1390

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript

Pierre de Crescens Illustration of growing grapes for manufacturing wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1180

Weinbau psalter 1180 Bringing harvested grapes to be treaded & pressed into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1500

Livre d Heures Jean Marion, 1500 Treading grapes into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - 12C

Although one of these illuminations concentrates on picking grapes & making wine, the others show men & women in a variety of gardening & farming activities, including eating some of the grapes they are harvesting.  Most iconography of months evolved from Medieval & early Renaissance art depicting in 12 scenes the rural activities that commonly took place in the months of the year. These early illustrations are important to the development of landscape painting. One of the most important activities was the grape harvest & the making of wine in September. But there were many variations, especially in major wine-growing areas, where more wine related scenes were included. Illustrations from further south, such as warmer Italy, often advance the agricultural scenes a month earlier than ones from the more northern Low countries or England.

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1500

A vineyard & wine-making in the Middle Ages. Book of Hours for Rome - 1500

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1324

Calendar, MS M.511 fol. 5v Calendar, Italy, Bologna, 1324-1328 Pouring grapes into the wine press.

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1460

 Hours Calendar Leaf for September, c. 1460  Northern France probably Paris

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 15C

 Book of Hours, France, Rouen or Orléans, 15C MS G.4 fol. 4r

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1100s-1500s

 LA TAILLE DE LA VIGNE. Traité d’agronomie, Pietro de' Crescenzi, 1459

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1485 Love the Hat!

 LA TAILLE DES VIGNES (MARS). Missel de l'abbaye de Montierneuf, c 1485