According to Wikipedia, this monk doing "quality control" in the wine cellar is a late 13th-century illumination from Li Livres dou Santé by Aldobrandino of Siena.
Many illuminated manuscripts came from monasteries. This one is too funny not to have come from a monastery. (It's a mistake to think monks and nuns check their sense of humor in at the monastery doors.)
Many illuminated manuscripts came from monasteries. This one is too funny not to have come from a monastery. (It's a mistake to think monks and nuns check their sense of humor in at the monastery doors.)
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