Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1525-1530
MS M.1175. Fol. 004v

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Margin, lower:
Month, Occupation: February -- Among two men, wearing hats, one kneeling beside pruning hook, both with hands to vines (pruning). In background left, two men, wearing hats, one carrying faggot on back, the other raising axe (breaking ground).
In far background, man, wearing hat, climbing ladder toward hut propped on tall stilt (possibly used for hunting); all in hilly vineyard.
Margin, left: