Medieval Banquet (Banquetes medievais)

Characterized by exquisite diners’ garments, the presence of roasted meat cut with a knife and eaten by hand, wine, usually drunk in bowls, and bread. Sometimes there were music performances.


Caracterizavam-se por vestuário requintado dos comensais, presença de carnes assadas cortadas com faca e comidas à mão, vinho geralmente bebido por malgas, pão. Realizavam-se com ou sem acompanhamento musical.

English unknown weaver-'banquet of the William I the Conqueror'-tapestry (wool embroidered on a linen background)-ca 1080 Bayeux-Musée de la Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde

Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Jean or Jannequin, Paul or Pol)-'January'-miniature-(1412-1416) Chantilly-Musée Condé (Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, folio 2r)

Unknown-'State banquet'-woodcut Virgil; Georgics, Peacock, Lyon (1517)

Leonhard Beck after Hans Burgkmair drawing (ca 1480-1542)-'splendid banquet'-woodcut-(1509-1510) in The life and reign of Emperor Maximilian I

Albrecht Altdorfer (ca 1480-1538)-'banquet'-drawing