Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1480
MS M.131 fol. 8r

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Month, Occupation: August -- Man, wearing cap, raises flail with both hands; another man, wearing hat with brim, kneeling on one knee, holds bundle of grain.
Scene in room with decorated wall and windows.
Margins decorated with border of floreate and foliate ornament inhabited by fantastic animals, one winged.