Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Gradual
Germany, Nuremberg, 1507-1510
MS M.905 I, fol. 243v

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Church, possibly of S. Lawrence (St. Lorenz, Nuremberg), surmounted by cross, with cross-inscribed banner flying from tower; in foreground, graveyard. All within decorated initial T.
In lower margin, three men, two wearing hats, one with scabbard at waist, sit on chairs at draped round table laden with food, platter, and utensils. Two hold goblets. The one at right tips goblet up to drink as his hat falls to ground behind him. Banquet scene amid foliate ornament.