Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, early 16th century
MS M.174 fol. 12r

See more information »

Month, Occupation: December -- Man wearing hat, sits astride pig, resting right arm on its head and holding with left arm, its left front leg, raising the pig off the ground. At left, woman, wearing apron, kneels, holding basin to catch blood flowing from neck of the pig.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including grape and strawberry.