Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420
MS M.1000 fol. 3r

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Zodiac Sign: Aries -- Ram.
Month, Occupation: March -- Man, bearded, wearing hat and tunic, with knife in pouch tied around waist, raises axe above shrubs. Broken branches from shrubs lie on ground at his feet.
Each figure within barbed quatrefoil frame. Vignettes set in decorative border of foliate design enclosing textblock.