Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1485-1490
MS M.231 fol. 2r

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Zodiac Sign: Pisces -- Two fish in water near rocky shore.
Month, Occupation: February -- Man wearing hat with hood, holding bowl in raised right hand, sitting on draped chair at draped table on which is food and pitcher (?). At right, fire in fireplace.
Margins decorated with sections of floreate ornament.