Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 3v

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1) Month, Occupation: June -- Youth, wearing broad hat, holds scythe before field of grain.
2) Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Lobster-like crab.
Illustrations with gold backgrounds in square vignettes at upper right and lower right corners of calendar block, colored in red, green, blue, and silver backgrounds.