225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Book of Hours
France, Langres, 1495-1500
MS M.271 fol. 10r
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.
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