Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
France, Paris, between 1495 and 1498
MS M.934 fol. 3v

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Month, Occupation: June -- Man, wearing hat, holds shears in left hand and with right hand touches back of sheep. Scene in front of building. Three sheep in front of wall in background. Landscape in distance.
Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Crab in water, within landscape setting.
Margin is decorated with floreate border, including violas, inhabited by bird and by hybrid man, wearing hat.