Alms pouch

These fragments with refined embroidery come from a large trapezoidal alms pouch, an accessory that's part of men’s clothing. It focuses on the theme of the wild man, which was very popular in the 14th-15th century.

When he was asleep, he was surrounded and tamed by three women: the middle one enchanted him by playing the vielle, the one on the right chained him, the one on the left chose him as a lover by crowning him. The monkey shooting a bow at a hare, a parody of the god of Love (on two small fragments), confirms this courtly interpretation.