disc-berend

disc-berend, m.n: dish-bearer, seneschal, steward. (DISH-BEH-rend / ˈdɪʃ-ˌbɛ-rɛnd)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two servants carrying dishes to a long table, where a king sits with three other people and an assortment of dishes.
Smithfield Decretals; France, illuminated in England, 1330-1340; British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 263r. [blogs.bl.uk]

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