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List View of MS M.6 Book of hours (MS M.6). France; Belgium, ca. 1480 |
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MS M.6 fol. 2r
Month, Occupation: January -- Within pitched-roof house is man, wearing hat, seated in chair with hands extended before fire in fireplace. |
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MS M.6 fol. 2v
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius -- Man, wearing short loin cloth, stands in stream and pours water from vessels held in each hand. Scene in landscape with bare trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 3r
Month, Occupation: February -- Man, wearing hat, holding bowl in right hand, sits behind draped round table upon which are plates, pitcher, and cup. Before table is dog, seated with forelegs raised (begging). In background is carved wall, possibly fireplace, surmounted by statue of angel, with brick wall and windows above. |
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MS M.6 fol. 3v
Zodiac Sign: Pisces -- Two fish swim in river in snowy landscape with bare trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 4r
Month, Occupation: March -- Man, wearing hat, hood, and patched hose, prunes bare vines (?) with pruning hook held in right hand. In background is pile of sticks, low fence, bare trees, and distant town. |
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MS M.6 fol. 4v
Zodiac Sign: Aries -- Within pasture surrounded by picket fence is ram. In background are bare trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 5r
Month, Occupation: April -- Youth, wearing cap, holding flowering branch in right hand and plumed hat in left hand, stands in road. In background, amid fields with flowering trees and three figures, is castle. |
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MS M.6 fol. 5v
Zodiac Sign: Taurus -- Bull stands in road. In background is tree and three figures on road leading to building, possibly church or castle. |
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MS M.6 fol. 6r
Month, Occupation: May -- Youth, wearing hat, with purse at waist, stands on path flanked by two dogs and holds hawk perched on left hand. Scene in wooded landscape. |
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MS M.6 fol. 6v
Zodiac Sign: Gemini -- Conjoined (Siamese) twin youths, wearing short loin cloth, stand in meadow. In background are trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 7r
Month, Occupation: June -- Man, wearing loose shirt and shoes, mows field with scythe. In background are trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 7v
Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Lobster is in river within landscape with trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 8r
Month, Occupation: July -- Man, wearing straw hat, bends over to cut grain with sickle held in right hand. In background is field of grain, trees, and two figures on distant path to castle or city. |
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MS M.6 fol. 8v
Zodiac Sign: Leo -- Lion stands in landscape with trees and rocks. |
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MS M.6 fol. 9r
Month, Occupation: August -- Man kneels on bundle of straw in left knee and ties the bundle with both hands. Around him in field are two standing bundles and stack of five bundles. In background are trees and hills. |
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MS M.6 fol. 9v
Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Woman, holding sheaf of wheat in right hand, stands on path in landscape with trees and distant hills. |
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MS M.6 fol. 10r
Month, Occupation: September -- Man, wearing cap, pours wine from pitcher held in right hand into barrel, using funnel held in left hand. Behind him, man stands in vat. Wine pours from hole or spiggot at bottom of vat into a half barrel. Scene in shed. |
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MS M.6 fol. 10v
Zodiac Sign: Libra -- Balance scales hang from tree in landscape with hills, fields, and trees. |
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MS M.6 fol. 11r
Month, Occupation: October -- Man, wearing hat, with seeds in apron gathered in left hand, sows field. In background are trees and distant city. |
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MS M.6 fol. 11v
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion rests on hill in landscape with trees. |
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