Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Hours of Claude Molé
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.356 fol. 6v

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Margin, left: Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Goat, as half figure, seated, facing left, with right forepaw extended, wearing red cloak on back. Scene in hilly landscape with trees. Margin, lower: Month, Occupation: December -- Woman, wearing headdress, holds head of boar with both hands, and man, wearing hat, with knife in left hand slits neck of boar lying on back and with right hand holds its right leg. Scene in front of paneled wall and hilly landscape in background.