Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Langres, 1495-1500
MS M.271 fol. 12r

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Two vignettes in lower margin:
1) Month, Occupation: December -- Man, wearing hat and apron, holding knife in right hand, kneels with left hand on neck of pig, laying on ground. Another man, wearing hat, holds down the pig, and woman, veiled, holds basin below the pig's neck. Scene in courtyard of building.
2) Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Sea goat lays in landscape.
Right margin with floreate and vinescroll ornament arranged in geometric patterns.