Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Angers or Nantes, ca. 1440
M.63 fol. 1r

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Month, Occupation: January -- Man, wearing hat, sits at draped table. He holds knife in left hand and with right hand holds bowl up to mouth. Behind him is fire in fireplace.
Margins are decorated with illusionistic border of trees in which are birds and river with ducks.