The Three Orders of Society, oratores, bellatores, laborares, from Aldobrandino of Siena’s late 13 th c. Li Livres dou Santé, British Library MS Sloane 2435, fol. 85r.
Peasant Tournament, early 16 th c. drawing by Hans Burgkmaier, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
The world turned upside down, a peasant at the altar and a priest plowing, woodcut illustration from Joseph Gruenbeck, Spiegel der naturlichen, himelischen, und prophetischen sehungen (Leipzig, 1522), fol. 5r., British Library.
August, the wheat harvest, Queen Mary Psalter, early 14 th c., British Library, MS Royal 2 B VII, fol. 78v.
January and February, 15th c., Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly
March and April, 15th c., Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 15th c., Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly
A sleeping shepherd, illustration to “De Lupe,” in the Aberdeen Bestiary, c. 1200, Aberdeen MS 24, fols. 16v:
Captured fugitive serfs with horns, early 14th c. illustration in Codex 6.1, “De fugitivis servis,” Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek MS Mc 295, fol. 153r.
Christ with a spade, 15 th c. alabaster sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The execution of György Dózsa, woodcut illustration from Die auffrur so geschehen ist im Ungelandt mit den Creutzern (Nuremberg, 1514), Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
Psalm 81, grotesques, Luttrell Psalter, c , British Library Add , fol. 150v.
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