Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1425-1430
MS M.453 fol. 12r

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Month, Occupation: December -- Man, wearing chaperon with roundlet and gorget, raising ax behind head with both hands, stands over pig crouched on ground.
Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Hybrid animal with foreparts of goat.
Margins decorated with border of foliate ornament inhabited by pig standing next to man, wearing hat, raising axe with both hands behind head (Month, Occupation: December).