December

On a frosty morning in the forest of Vincennes near Paris, a wild boar is brought to bay by the duke's huntsmen. One of the ravenous pack of hunting hounds has to be pulled off by the ears to keep him from tearing his prey apart before the boar is given the coup de grace with spears. Over the tawny winter woods rise the tall keep and the seven square towers of the castle of Vincennes where the Duc de Berry was born. This succulent boar, which had roamed wild in the duke's woods, ended its days in the month of Christmas served up almost whole on the duke's banquet table.