Detail of December

December (folio 6v) from the Hours of Henry VIII, by Jean Poyet, c. 1500.

The woman is collecting blood from the roasting pigs in front of her.

This color image from Morgan Library, The Hours of Henry VIII [Art] Retrieved March 6, 2006 from the World Wide Web: http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/po/html/h8intro_fr.html