Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Virtual Tour of Exhibition

Getty Center

October 13, 2015–January 3, 2016


http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/eat_drink/

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