Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1490
MS S.7 fol. 2r

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Month, Occupation: February -- Three men, all wearing hats and holding axes, chop bare trees in woods bordered by wattle fence. Fourth man, wearing hat, approaching gate in fence, carries axe over right shoulder and pitcher in left hand. (Scene, Occupational: Forestry)
Zodiac Sign: Pisces -- Two fish, facing in opposite directions, in sky.