Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500
M.510 fol. 9r

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Month, Occupation: October -- Man, wearing hat, stands in vat of grapes, and with his left hand holds bunch of grapes to his mouth. Scene in room.
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion is in landscape setting.
Margins are decorated with floreate border, including thistles, inhabited by bird.