Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Hours of Claude Molé
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.356 fol. 4v

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Margin, left: Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Maiden, holding golden palm in right hand stands, facing left, in landscape. Margin, lower: Month, Occupation: August -- Among two men, as half figures, one, wearing wide-brimmed hat, holds scythe in right hand and places left hand on stack of grain, and the other, wearing hat, holds pitchfork in left hand (harvesting). Scene in hilly landscape with city in background.