Book art - Flemish legend
The painting below, Bakery at Eeklo by Cornelis van Dalem, a 16th century Flemish painter, doesn't have a book in it but it's based on an old legend and it's so quirky, I couldn't resist posting it.
The legend stated that if you were not satisfied with your head, you could go to a baker in Eeklo, Flanders. The baker would remove your head and put a cabbage on as a temporary replacement. The head would be reshaped by the baker to its desired form and baked in the oven. The new head would then be put on the body again, but people should be careful. If the head was baked for too short, you would become forever 'half-baked.' If the head stayed in the oven for too long you would become a 'hothead.' If the process failed at all, you would be a 'mis-bake.'
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