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>This is a request from a friend of mine who is researching lactose tolerance: > >Does anyone know of picture of people milking either cows or goats in the >from anytime up to the 14th century. The earlier the picture the better >really. How should she go about finding such pictures? > >Thanks in advance > >Louise Nelstrop Dear Louise, I suppose that there are many books on agriculture and animal husbandry in the Middle Ages which may have such illustrations. I can at least mention two pictures that came to hand amongst my own books: *English Rural Life in the Middle Ages*, a pamphlet put out by the Bodleian Library--Picture Book no.14 (1965), plate 5a, from MS Bodley 764 M.Collins and B.Davis, *A Medieval Book of Seasons* (1991) illustration on p.54, a Bruges MS c.1520, in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Hope this helps. Cheers, Brian Donaghey %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%