Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Langres, ca. 1465
MS G.55 fol. 12r

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Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius -- In medallion in right margin, centaur with bow and arrow, labelled SAGITTARIUS.
Month, Occupation: November -- In vignette in lower margin, man wearing hat holding stick with both hands, before trees, standing amid pigs.
Margins decorated with foliate and floreate ornament. Heraldic shield of Hospitallers (gules, a cross argent)in lower margin.