What did spring in April look like 600 years ago? In a scene from the medieval illuminated manuscript known as Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, nobles gather for a wedding and to pick wildflowers. And they are dressed fabulously in garments like houppelandes, cotehardies, and poulaines. The calendar pages in this book of hours blend earthly labor with celestial symbolism. The image reveals how medieval art fused reality, religion, history, and myth into a single page.

Speaker: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank