Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Hours of Claude Molé
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.356 fol. 1v

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Margin, left: Zodiac Sign: Pisces -- Two fishes connected by line, swim in water, in opposite directions between shores of landscape, including city in background. Margin, lower: Month, Occupation: February -- Before blazing fireplace, man, as half figure, wearing hat, sits in chair, raising hands toward the fire (warming himself); at right, draped table laden with pitcher, glass, and loaf, and furniture.