This early 15th-century illumination depicts a New Year's Day banquet hosted by Jean, Duke of Berry, offering a glimpse into medieval history. The scene illustrates the Duke's luxurious lifestyle and wealth, contrasting with the average person's life, and exemplifies exquisite book illumination. The illumination is known as the January Calendar Page from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. This significant manuscript contributes to our understanding of medieval art history and book art.

Speaker: Dr. Heather Graham

Image: January, in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (c. 1412–16), Limbourg Brothers and later artists. Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

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Standards Alignment

C3 Framework for Social Studies:

• D2.His.1.6-8 – Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts

• D2.His.2.6-8 – Classify historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity

• D2.His.4.6-8 – Analyze multiple factors that influenced perspectives of people during different eras

• D2.His.14.6-8 – Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past

• D2.His.6.9-12 – Analyze how people’s perspectives shaped the sources they produced

• D2.Geo.5.6-8 – Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by geographic context