Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Provence, ca. 1440-1450
MS M.358 fol. 4r

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Month, Occupation: April -- Man, seated on hillock surrounded by trees, tends to object in lap, possibly chaplet.
Scene within decorated roundel in lower margin (bas-de-page).
In upper margin, dragon (similar reversed image on verso).
All figures set within foliate border with flowers and acanthus leaves, surrounding calendar.