Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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1) Month, Occupation: December -- Man raises axe in both hands over feeding pig.
2) Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Hybrid goat with snail shell.
Figures against patterned backgrounds in barbed quatrefoils.
Decorated KL and foliate extensions with hybrid animal in margins.