Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1480
MS M.131 fol. 7r

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Month, Occupation: July -- Man, wearing hat with brim, kneels on ground, holding or binding bundle of grain. A second man, wearing cap, holding sickle with right hand, harvests grain.
Scene in landscape with trees beneath blue sky.
Margins decorated with border of floreate and foliate ornament, inhabited by fantastic animals.