Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.189 fol. 4v

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Month, Occupation: August -- Man wearing cap, raising flail over his head; flax on floor at his feet.
Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Woman, holding palm with right hand and touching sheaf of grain with left hand.
Left margin decorated with rectangle of floreate ornament.