Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1440-1449
MS M.202 fol. 10r

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Month, Occupation: October -- Woman, balancing sack carried on her head with both hands, stands in furrowed field beside man, wearing hat, holding seeds in apron gathered in left hand and sowing seeds with right hand. Scene in landscape with trees and distant hills.
Side margins with ivy-rinceaux and floreate ornament.