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La Voie de Povreté ou de Richesse (Le Livre du Chastel de Labour) by Jacques Bruyant France, Paris or possibly Rouen, c. 1430–40 The Workshop of the Bedford Master The Author Joins Other Laborers in the Castle of Work. This miniature is part of a moralizing story called Le Livre du Chastel de Labour (The Book of the Castle of Work), in which a newlywed man has a dream that teaches him the value of labor. He visits the Castle of Work, seen here, where several men use saws, mallets, and a level to build the castle. In the margin, four additional figures are engaged in work appropriate to the four seasons: planting seeds (spring), harvesting wheat (summer), pruning (winter), and gathering grapes (fall). The book was owned by the Beuville family of Normandy. Their emblem, a crenellated wall with a gate, appears in the lower margin. (Also featured on the CD-ROM.) The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Widener 1, fol. 61v
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