Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1531
MS M.451 fol. 1v

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Month, Occupation: January -- In margins, man, wearing hat, sits with shoes removed and legs crossed before fire in fireplace, over which hangs framed painting. Behind him sits cat, and woman (?) stands behind draped table with loaves and platters of food. Scene within house, with snow-covered roof, and with bare trees and fenced yard to right.