Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1490
MS S.7 fol. 8r

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Month, Occupation: August -- Two men, wearing hats, with flails beat grain spread on floor. Two other men stack bundles of grain in barn, including one standing on ladder.
Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Half figure of woman, holding sheaf of wheat, in sky.