Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1490
MS S.7 fol. 1r

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Month, Occupation: January -- Men and women, wearing hats, sit at draped table. Other men and women carry plates and pitcher to the table. In background are table with plates and pitchers; man, wearing hat, with hands raised before fire in fireplace; and buildings, including half-timbered and wooden structures.
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius -- In clouds is nude man, pouring water from pitcher held in both hands.