Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1280s
MS M.183 fol. 8v

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1) Month, Occupation: December -- Man, wearing apron over tunic, raises axe above ox.
2) Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Fantastic goat.
Each in concave hexagon frame with lobes.
KL initials decorated with marginal foliate extension and foliate bars, one with terminal of dragon in left margin.