Brevario Grimani 01

January: A nobleman's banquet The firS! ofthe twelvefulL'page pictureswhichface thecalendartablesand present traditional scenes from the life ofthe [lobility and the peasants who served them. The rour line mvcim on the facing page (see plate 2), proclaiming the need for hor, sustaining food :uld drink ar {his coM time of year, is illustrated by lhe banquet shown here. The nobleman, in a marlen...-rrimmed robe and with his napkin round his neck, sirs under a. baldachin wjth his back to a fire which one of the servants is poking and at which others warm [heir hands; (he chimlley breast is decorated in me French style wirh a bas...rdiefofa toumamem scene. On his right stands the major...domo, cap in hand; by {he salt-cellar on his left a steward waitS [0 carve and in {he foreground srand a. falconer and a valet cutting a slice of bread for a greyhound. (F.l v)

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re-print. Private collection Vera H.H. Caderius van Veen

Artist: Grimani

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