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| Keywords: Flemish - Leaf from Book of Hours - Walters W3720V - Detail A.jpg Music and dancing were important social rituals during the medieval era and provided opportunities for men and women to mingle On the opposite page folio 21r a man plays a stringed instrument probably a vielle an early form of the fiddle while a woman on this page looks up at him and dances She smiles throwing her hip out in a flirtatious way and the musician smiles back Their courtship unfolds across the two pages leaving a poor monk awkwardly in the middle of this secular serenade ca 1300 parchment with ink paint and gold cm 9 3 6 9 accession number W 37 20V 81314 Henry Walters Baltimore after 1894 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1894 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Huy Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Medieval dance in art Walters MS W37 - Book of Hours Use of Liège | ||||
