Winter is a time for holiday celebrations, family, and food. As the winter fast approaches in this last November episode we consider feasts and feasting. This was an important topic for medieval people that was frequently the subject of manuscript illumination. What is the origin of the term “feast,” and who could host a feast? What makes ‘feast days’ so important to understanding medieval life? And why did Jesus turn water into wine? Find out today, on the Les Enluminures podcast.
Resources:
How to cook a medieval feast: 11 recipes from the Middle Ages
Hours of Guillaume II Molé (Use of Troyes)
Thourotte Hours (use of Metz)
Timeless Treasures: 10 Manuscripts to Celebrate 10 Years in New York
Thinking Broadly: Rolls, Codices, Codicology, Connoisseurship, Paleography, and Media ”Revolutions” with Sonja Drimmer
Enameling Techniques
The Winter Show: A History
Margins and Monsters with Sherry Lindquist
The Secret Best Seller: Misery
What is a Medieval Bestseller?
Time, Desire, & Revival Jewels
Watermarks & Paper Making
A History of the Destruction of Troy
Stenciled Choir Books
New Year’s Gifting & the Magi
Medieval Nativity Scenes & Christmas Decorations
The Annunciation and Life of the Virgin
Basic Gemstone Cutting
Renaissance Pendants, Painting, and Fashion
Sacred Measurements
Time, Daylight, and a November Calendar
The Biography of a Book of Hours
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