Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 6r

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1) Month, Occupation: November -- Man with club stands beside two pigs feeding at base of tree.
2) Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius -- Centaur draws bow and arrow.
Figures against patterned backgrounds in barbed quatrefoils.
Decorated KL and foliate extensions with hybrid man in margins.