The Arch cup-bearer, the King of Bohemia, presenting the Emperor with a cup of wine and water 1; The Grand Marshal, the Duke of Saxony, on a richly caparisoned horse 2. Cupbearers cutting chicken, bringing wine and offering bread to the Emperor and Empress 3. Funzioni, Mense. Miniatures from the Vienna Codex of the Golden Bull, an illuminated manuscript prepared for King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, 1365. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.

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