A New Year's Day feast. Page from the calendar of the Très Riches Heures showing the household of John, Duke of Berry exchanging New Year gifts. The Duke is seated at the right, in blue. The Duke of Berry, seated at the bottom right, back to the fire, is dressed in blue and wearing a fur cap. He invites his people and relatives to introduce himself to him. Behind him is the inscription "Approach Approche". Several of the duke's relatives approached him while servants busied themselves: the cupbearers served drink, two carvers in the center are seen from behind; At the end of the table a baker. Above the fireplace are the duke's arms, "azure sown with golden fleur-de-lys, with the fringed border of gules", with little bears and wounded swans. Several pets are represented: small dogs on the table, greyhound on the ground. The tapestry at the back of the room seems to represent episodes of the Trojan War. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Très_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_Janvier.jpg) The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (French pronunciation: ​[tʁɛ ʁiʃəz œʁ dy dyk də bɛ.ʁi]; or Très Riches Heures) is the most famous and possibly the best surviving example of French Gothic manuscript illumination, showing the late International Gothic phase of the style. It is a book of hours: a collection of prayers to be said at the canonical hours. It was created between c. 1412 and 1416 for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. When the three painters and their sponsor died in 1416, possibly victims of plague, the manuscript was left unfinished. It was further embellished in the 1440s by an anonymous painter, who many art historians believe was Barthélemy d'Eyck. In 1485–1489, it was brought to its present state by the painter Jean Colombe on behalf of the Duke of Savoy. Acquired by the Duc d'Aumale in 1856, the book is now MS 65 in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Très_Riches_Heures_du_Duc_de_Berry See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20060610070441/http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html