Sujet

A woman setting a post mill alight, c1340, (1947). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A woman setting a post mill alight, c1340, (1947). In the Middle Ages, grain could be brought to mills for grinding. Here, in the second in a pair of images, a woman is shown setting the mill alight, presumably as revenge against an unscrupulous miller. Marginal illustration from the Smithfield Decretals (Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 71r). manuscrit in the British Library, London. Published in "British Windmills and Watermills', by C. P. Skilton. [Collins, London, 1947]

Crédit

Photo12/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19G33_207

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,2Mo (2,5Mo) / 43,5cm x 36,4cm / 5142 x 4296 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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