Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1531
MS M.451 fol. 3r

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Month, Occupation: April -- In margins, shepherd, wearing hat, holding staff, drives flock of sheep down path from barn, with thatched roof, toward another shepherd, wearing hat and holding staff, in distance. At right, milkmaid, wearing cap, milks cow. Scene in landscape with trees and distant town.