The parables of the husbandmen

Holkham Bible Picture Book England, circa 1320-1330 Language: French Source/Shelfmark: Add. 47682, f.27 [Lower drawing] Two parables are illustrated. On left; the stone rejected by the builders. Three masons are shown with pulley, basket of stones, plumb-bob, hammer, mallet, square and trowel. On right; The King's Wedding Feast. The feast is laid, the king orders his page to summon a crowd of the poor, blind and crippled. A servant thrusts out a man who came half-naked to be sent to perpetual prison. Image taken from Holkham Bible Picture Book. Originally published/produced in England, circa 1320-1330.