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Detail of Gluttony

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All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in in England and France from the Middle Ages - amazon.co.uk  
The detail represents Gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins. A father and son satisfy their gluttonous urgings. As they staff themselves, a child defecates in his clothes.