Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420
MS M.1000 fol. 4r

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Zodiac Sign: Taurus -- Bull, lying down.
Month, Occupation: April -- Hooded man, bearded, walking, holds leafy and flowering branch over left shoulder and turns head back.
Each figure within barbed quatrefoil frame. Vignettes set in decorative border of foliate design enclosing textblock.