1487 Collection

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - September
SEPTEMBER The wine harvest takes place close to the Chateau de Saumur Date: 1409 - 1487

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - July
JULY Gathering the harvest and tending sheep close to the chateau de Poitiers Date: 1409 - 1487

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - June
JUNE Making hay within sight of the royal palace at Paris, the Sainte Chapelle and the Conciergerie Date: 1409 - 1487

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - January
JANUARY The Duc de Berry at table, surrounded by courtiers Date: 1409 - 1487

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - February
FEBRUARY A French farm in winter Date: 1409 - 1487

Lambert Simnel working in the Royal Kitchens
Lambert Simnel (circa 1477circa 1525) - pretender to the throne of England. His claim to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, in 1487 threatened the newly-established reign of King Henry VII

BERRY / AUGUST
AUGUST While peasants bring in the harvest and bathe in the river near the chateau dEtampes, a noble party ride out with their falcons Date: 1409 - 1487

BERRY / APRIL
APRIL Courtly life in the grounds of the chateau de Dourdan - lovers exchange rings, girls pick spring flowers Date: 1409 - 1487

BERRY / MAY
MAY Celebrating May Day near the town of Riom, in the Auvergne - a procession of noble folk, accompanied by musicians, ride out in the woods Date: 1409 - 1487

Spain. Tudela. Cathedral. Altarpiece of Assumption (1487-1494
Spain. Tudela. Cathedral of St. Mary. Altarpiece of Assumption painted by Pedro Diaz de Oviedo (1487-1510), between 1487-1494

Nicolas Von Flue
Saint NICOLAS VON FLUE Swiss visionary, ascetic and hermit, known as Bruder Klaus, admired by Swiss for his patriotism. Date: 1417 - 1487

Cyprus / 1487 / De Cornaro
Caterina of Cornaro, widow of James II of Cyprus. In March 1489 she is forced to sell Cyprus to Venice. Date: circa 1487

Nicolas Kratzer
NICOLAS KRATZER Bavarian born mathematician and astronomer in England Date: 1487 - 1550

Alfonso Lombardi
ALFONSO LOMBARDI Italian sculptor, in a splendid surround showing classical females working on sculptural and architectural projects. Date: 1487 - 1536

Wine Harvest, Saumur
Peasants sow next years crops within sight of the Palais du Louvre, Paris

Johann Gunther Andernac
JOHANN GUNTHER (or Gunter) von Andernach German medical

Esmail I / Iran / Thevet
ESMAIL I or SHAHANSHAH (King of Kings) Shah of Iran (1501-24)

Ulrich / Wurttemberg / Furst
ULRICH, DUKE OF WURTTEMBERG reigned 1498-1550

Monsters of Asia - a giraffe and a camel, but also a unicorn, a cocodrille, a salamander and a hairy man that could be a yeti

Hawking, Medieval Fran
AUGUST While peasants bring in the harvest and bathe in the river near the chateau d Etampes, a noble party ride out with their falcons

Hay Making, C15 France
JUNE Making hay within sight of the royal palace at Paris, the Sainte Chapelle and the Conciergerie

May Day Near Riom
MAY Celebrating May Day near the town of Riom, in the Auvergne - a procession of noble folk, accompanied by musicians, ride out in the woods

Noble Persons in Country
APRIL Courtly life in the grounds of the chateau de Dourdan - lovers exchange rings, girls pick spring flowers

French Farm in Winter
FEBRUARY A French farm in winter

Berry / January
JANUARY The Duc de Berry at table, surrounded by courtiers

Berry / December
DECEMBER Near the chateau de Vincennes, dogs bring down a wild boar

Berry / November
NOVEMBER A swineherd throws his stick among the oak branches to bring down the acorns to feed his animals

Berry / October
OCTOBER Peasants sow next years crops within sight of the Palais du Louvre, Paris

Berry / March
MARCH Plowing and tending vines near the chateau de Lusignan : the fairy Melusine, in the form of a dragon, is seen flying over the chateau

Harvest, Sheep C15
JULY Gathering the harvest and tending sheep close to the chateau de Poitiers

Simnel & Henry VII 1487
Lambert SIMNEL, who aspired to the English throne, being tried (with his tutor) by Henry VII

Simnel / Turnspit 1487
Lambert SIMNEL, who aspired to the English throne, reduced to the position of turnspit in the kitchen of Henry VII

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