Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 3r

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Month, Occupation: February -- Man, wearing hat and hood, sits on bench before fire in fireplace and raises his left foot, beside his shoes on ground (warming by fire). At left, man, wearing hood, carries bundle of wood over his right shoulder. Scene in room with two windows.
Margins decorated with floreate border.