Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.189 fol. 5v

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Month, Occupation: October -- Man, wearing cap, sowing seed in furrowed field, right arm extended back, left hand holding tunic as pouch. Sack of seed on edge of field.
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion in room with window.
Left margin decorated with rectangle of floreate ornament.