Renaissance Feast: A Sixteenth-Century Banquet

A banquet, sixteenth (16th) century.  From a woodcut published in 1549.  The feasters have reached the dessert course consisting of sweetmeats, fruits, and wine.  The furnishings and table service were simple; one used one's fingers or one's own knife instead of a fork.  Bones and scraps were thrown to the floor for the dogs. Renaissance Europe Image Gallery

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