Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 3v

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1) Month, Occupation: June -- Man harvests with scythe.
2) Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Crab (depicted as lobster).
Figures against patterned backgrounds in barbed quatrefoil.
Decorated KL and foliate extensions with hybrid man in margins.