Codzienność najmłodszych dzieci w polskim malarstwie religijnym 1400-1550
Everyday life of children in Polish religious painting 1400-1550

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the environment in which children lived from their birth to about the age of four, illustrated with the selected examples of the native painting: panel painting, wall painting and illumination. The text is divided into three parts: Swaddling bands. Cradles. Accessories, Feeding infants and Toys. The first one discusses things necessary for looking after a newborn baby and an infant. This category includes, apart from swaddling bands and cradles mentioned above, tied-cloth ‘pacifiers’, sustentaculum and chamber pots. The second part analyses different methods of feeding such as breastfeeding and formula feeding. The last section, based on archeological discoveries, focuses on toys. Thanks to iconographic sources and findings presented by historians and archeologists, the author was able to present a coherent story about the life of the youngest in the late Middle Ages and at the dawn of the early modern period.

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