Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1531
MS M.451 fol. 6r

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Month, Occupation: October -- In margins, man, wearing hat and with towel at waist, raises mallet in both hands toward steer, lying on tiled floor of building. Another man, also wearing hat and towel, holds rope attached to pulley and leading to the steer. Five figures, some wearing hats, including woman (?) wearing towel and holding broom, stand in background.