The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is a Book of Hours painted by the Limbourg brothers around 1412 to 1416 for the Duc de Berry. Its Labors of the Months pages show the seasonal work of the duke's court and peasants. Each month has a scene: a winter fire in February, sowing in March, a harvest in June, and a boar hunt in December. Most pages show one of the duke's castles behind the action. The Limbourgs died before finishing it, and Jean Colombe completed the paintings around 1485 to 1489 for Charles I of Savoy. The calendar scenes are among the best records of late medieval rural life.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.