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Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 5v

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1) Month, Occupation: October -- Man treads grapes in vat beside man carrying basket of grapes on back.
2) Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Gray scorpion depicted as fantastic animal.
Figures against patterned backgrounds in barbed quatrefoils.
Decorated KL and foliate extensions with hybrid dragon in margins.



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