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1. The letter "O;" a drinking scene, with a wine barrel.
2. Drawings of fish based on Medieval ceramic tiles.
3. Various jugs.
4. 17th century woodcut - an alewife.
5. 17th century woodcut - Mother Louse, an alewife and "the last woman in England to wear a ruff."
6. 17th century woodcut - an alewife.


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7. 17th century woodcut - a drunkard.
8. 17th century woodcut - wine barrels.
9. 17th century woodcut - wine barrels.
10. 17th century woodcut - a Scotsman at his table.
11. Tapping a keg; drawing based on a Medieval misericord wood carving.
12. A Medieval innkeeper welcomes a guest.


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13. Alehouse patrons gather underneath the alestake.
14. 17th century woodcut - outdoor tavern scene with alestake.
15. 17th century woodcut - playing chess in an alehouse.
16. A cellerer fills a jug while stealing a drink. From the Sloane Manuscript.
17. Distilling alcohol.
18. Checking the quality of wine.


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19. A taverner passes drink to his clientele.
20. Young man with a portable flask.
21. A student's drinking bout, from Directorium Statuum, Strassburg, about 1489.
22. A hunter enjoying a drink; detail of a page from Horae, Paris 1503.
23. Grapes and a wine cask decorate an initial A, from the Morton Missal, London 1500-1501.
24. Bees with honey mead.


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25. Filling a pitcher with spring water.
26. Enjoying aged wine.

27. Drinking; from the Tacuinum Sanitatis, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
28. White Wine; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.
29. Red Wine; from the Theatrum Sanitatis, Library Casanatense, Rome.
30. The wine merchant.
31. Making mead.

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