Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1430-1435
MS M.359 fol. 3r

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Month, Occupation: March -- Man, wearing hat, with purse at waist and hole in knee of his hose, bends to trim bare vine held in left hand with pruning hook held in right hand. Around him are other bare vines, two trees, and sky. Scene in medallion in right margin.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux, foliate, and vinescroll ornament.