Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Langres, 1495-1500
MS M.271 fol. 10r

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Two vignettes in lower margin:
1) Month, Occupation: October -- Man, wearing hat, sows seeds with right hand from apron gathered in left hand. In background, yoked horse pulls plow through furrowed field. Man, wearing hat, holding goad, walks behind the horse.
2) Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion, resembling lobster, in landscape.
Right margin with floreate and vinescroll ornament arranged in geometric patterns.