Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 7v

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Margin, left: Month, Occupation: June -- Among two men, one leaning to pick up bundle of sticks before axe, the other holding another bundle on shoulders. Scene in hilly landscape with castle buildings in background. Illustration of June. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling foliate decoration, including strawberry, and inhabited by busts of two men in lower margin.