Life in the countryside. A woman with a distaff

Life in the countryside. A woman with a distaff stirring food in a pot. 19th century facsimile after a woodcut from an edition of Virgil's works published in Lyon in 1517. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

1517 Cauldron Chop Chopping Countryman Countrywoman Distaff Facsimile Fifteenth Firewood Harvesting Lacroix Lyon Moeurs Moyen-age Peasantry Peasants Pigs Raising Sixteenth Spinning Stir Stirring Tasks Usages Virgils

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