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These illustrations provide examples of medieval sacks in various contexts. Note that the sacks appear to be light-colored, presumably made from an undyed vegetable fiber (linen? hemp?), and are often closed with ropes at the top. While the general pattern for a medieval sack seems to be a basic rectangle that's open at the top, these illustrations should provide ideas for rough dimensions for construction, as well as ideas for applications for their use. Cloth sacks are visible in fols. 22v, 28r, 70v, the Smithfield Decretals (Brit. Lib. Royal 10 E IV), c. 1300-1340 Joseph places a cup in Benjamin's sack, the Queen Mary Psalter (Brit. Lib. Royal 2 B VII, fol. 18v), c. 1310-1320 Joseph places a cup in Benjamin's sack, the Wenceslas Bible (ÖNB Codex Vindobonensis 2759-2764, fol. 46r), 1390s An open sack of seeds in October in the Trés riches heures du Duc de Berry, c. 1412-1416 An open sack of seeds in September in a book of hours (PML M.1003, fol. 9r), c. 1465 Sacks on fols. 5v, 76v, 156r, 168v, the Hours of Charlotte of Savoy (PML M.1004), c. 1420-1425 A miller carries a sack in the central panel of the Donne Triptych by Hans Memling, 1475 Avarice, a book of hours (PML M.1001, fol. 91r), c. 1475 An open sack of seeds in October in a book of hours (PML G.4, fol. 11r), last quarter of the 15th century An open sack of seeds in October, a book of hours (PML M.195, fol. 10r), c. 1485-1500 A woman balances a sack on her head in October, a book of hours (PML M.202, fol. 10r), c. 1490 An open sack of grain in August, a book of hours (PML M.129, fol. 8r), c. 1500 An open sack of grain in August, a book of hours (PML M.151, fol 8r, c. 1500 A woman carries one sack on her head while another open sack of seeds rests on the ground in October in a book of hours (PML M.175, fol. 9v), c. 1500 The Adoration of the Christ Child by Piero di Cosimo, 1505 An open sack of seeds in October in the Grimani Breviary, 1510s An open sack of seeds in September in a book of hours (PML M.1175, fol. 11v), c. 1525-1530

These illustrations provide examples of medieval sacks in various contexts. Note that the sacks appear to be light-colored, presumably made from an undyed vegetable fiber (linen? hemp?), and are often closed with ropes at the top.

While the general pattern for a medieval sack seems to be a basic rectangle that's open at the top, these illustrations should provide ideas for rough dimensions for construction, as well as ideas for applications for their use.

Cloth sacks are visible in fols. 22v, 28r, 70v, the Smithfield Decretals (Brit. Lib. Royal 10 E IV), c. 1300-1340
Joseph places a cup in Benjamin's sack, the Queen Mary Psalter (Brit. Lib. Royal 2 B VII, fol. 18v), c. 1310-1320
Joseph places a cup in Benjamin's sack, the Wenceslas Bible (ÖNB Codex Vindobonensis 2759-2764, fol. 46r), 1390s
An open sack of seeds in October in the Trés riches heures du Duc de Berry, c. 1412-1416
An open sack of seeds in September in a book of hours (PML M.1003, fol. 9r), c. 1465
Sacks on fols. 5v, 76v, 156r, 168v, the Hours of Charlotte of Savoy (PML M.1004), c. 1420-1425
A miller carries a sack in the central panel of the Donne Triptych by Hans Memling, 1475
Avarice, a book of hours (PML M.1001, fol. 91r), c. 1475
An open sack of seeds in October in a book of hours (PML G.4, fol. 11r), last quarter of the 15th century
An open sack of seeds in October, a book of hours (PML M.195, fol. 10r), c. 1485-1500
A woman balances a sack on her head in October, a book of hours (PML M.202, fol. 10r), c. 1490
An open sack of grain in August, a book of hours (PML M.129, fol. 8r), c. 1500
An open sack of grain in August, a book of hours (PML M.151, fol 8r, c. 1500
A woman carries one sack on her head while another open sack of seeds rests on the ground in October in a book of hours (PML M.175, fol. 9v), c. 1500
The Adoration of the Christ Child by Piero di Cosimo, 1505
An open sack of seeds in October in the Grimani Breviary, 1510s
An open sack of seeds in September in a book of hours (PML M.1175, fol. 11v), c. 1525-1530