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Book of Hours
France, Langres, 1495-1500
MS M.271 fol. 5r

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Two vignettes in lower margin:
1) Month, Occupation: May -- Woman, wearing headdress, sits sideways on horse behind Man, wearing hat, seated astride the horse and turning to look at her.
2) Zodiac Sign: Gemini -- Nude woman and man stand amid foliage and behind escutcheon with unidentified arms (azure three bourdons or daggers in pale or a scallop shell argent).
Right margin with floreate and vinescroll ornament arranged in geometric patterns.



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