Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1485-1490
MS M.231 fol. 8r

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Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Woman, holding palm with right hand, standing in landscape.
Month, Occupation: August -- Two men wearing hats, holding flails, standing on sheaves of grain.
Margins decorated with sections of floreate ornament.