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List View of MS M.1003 Book of hours (MS M.1003). France, perhaps in Paris or northeastern France, ca. 1465.
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Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 1r Month, Occupation: January -- Man wearing hat, is seated on draped bench behind draped table on which are plate with food and cups. At left is hooded fireplace and stool. Opposite is doorway with window visible beyond. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius -- Nude male figure standing in stream between hilly banks with trees, pouring water from ewer held in each hand. In background, castle or walled city. Margins decorated with floreate ornament.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 2r Month, Occupation: February -- Man, wearing hat, is seated in chair before hooded fireplace resting left foot on rush mat, holding the other to fire; extending left hand toward fire, holding small rush fire screen or fan in right hand. Hanging in fireplace, above fire is flask or bottle. Behind him is draped bed, and draped table with knife (?), plates and bowl containing food, and covered ewer. Zodiac Sign: Pisces -- Two fish, one above the other. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including strawberry.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 3r Month, Occupation: March -- Man, his tunic pulled up, prunes vines; trees in background. Miniature rubbed, some detail not legible. Zodiac Sign: Aries -- Ram standing in landscape with trees. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including periwinkle and strawberry.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 4r Month, Occupation: April -- Man, wearing hat, holding small tree or branch over right shoulder, with left hand on sword at waist. In background, trees, castle or city walls. Zodiac Sign: Taurus -- Bull. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including periwinkle.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 5r Month, Occupation: May -- Man, wearing hat, holding falcon on raised right hand, on horseback, holding reins with left hand. Figure in landscape with hills, trees, and castle or city in background, all beneath starry sky. Zodiac Sign: Gemini -- Nude male and female figures stand facing, clasping each other with extended arms, in landscape with trees beneath starry sky. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including rose and thistle.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 6r Month, Occupation: June -- Man, wearing hat, harvesting hay with scythe. In background, trees and castle or city. Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Lobster. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including rose and viola.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 7r Month, Occupation: July -- Man, wearing hat, cutting grain with small curved knife; bundles of grain at his feet. In background, trees, building with spires topped with banners, all under starry sky. Zodiac Sign: Leo -- Lion. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including periwinkle, viola and strawberry.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 8r Month, Occupation: August -- In windowed building, man with both hands, raises flail above grain on floor; behind him are bundles of grain. Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Maiden, holding mirror in raised right hand, stands before bench in room open to outside. Margins decorated with floreate ornament.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 9r Month, Occupation: September -- Man, wearing hat, standing in field, sows seeds with right hand and holds up tunic full of seed with left hand. Sack of seeds is at right. In background is landscape with trees, and castle or city. Zodiac Sign: Libra -- Scales. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including viola and strawberry.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 10r Month, Occupation: October -- Man, wearing shirt and drawers, stands knee deep in vat of grapes, holding sides with both hands. Behind him are basket with strap filled with grapes, and three vats of grapes, two with paddles (?). At right are three casks, one with shallow bowl beside it, all in room with open doorway. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion-like creature with seven pairs of legs. Margins decorated with floreate ornament.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 11r Month, Occupation: November -- Man, wearing hat, raising staff with both hands, stands amid pigs and trees, beneath starry sky. Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius -- Centaur, wearing hat, shoots with bow and arrow, standing in landscape with tree. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including strawberry.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 12r Month, Occupation: December -- Man, wearing hat, raises mallet with both hands above pig standing to left. On floor are cleaver (?) and large knife. At right are sheaves of grain and basin. Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Goat in landscape with trees, and with castle or city in background. Margins decorated with foliate and floreate ornament.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 13r Christ: Last Supper and Christ: Last Supper, Judas departing -- In windowed room, with soldiers at window, Christ, cross-nimbed, raising right hand in blessing, is seated at round table with eleven Apostles; John reclines on His lap; one Apostle pours from pitcher into bowl; another Apostle drinks. All are nimbed. Above, dove of Holy Ghost, nimbed, wings spread, holds scroll in claws inscribed ET UERBUM CARO FACTUM EST. At right, Judas, holding small sack in right hand and pointing back over right shoulder with left hand stands in doorway, looking toward personification of Church (Ecclesia). Scene is flanked by personification of Synagogue, blindfolded, dressed in white, holding tables of law in right hand and bannered staff in left hand, and by personification of Church (Ecclesia), crowned, holding chalice with host in right hand and bannered spear in left hand. Evangelist, John: Scene, on Patmos and Evangelist, John: Scene,Devil stealing Inkpot -- Devil, holding staff or stick with both hands, knocks inkpot from pedestal. Evangelist John, nimbed, is seated, writing on scroll inscribed BEATI QUI AD CENAM NUPTIARUM AGNI UOCATI SUNT. Scene is on island with trees and animals, all flanked by two hills; in background, across water are castles or city. Birds fly overhead. Scene is in frame supported by six columns.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 16r Narrative moves from bottom to top: 1) Magi: Journey -- Group of soldiers and men, all mounted follow Magi, crowned, mounted, one pointing with left hand, behind four soldiers, mounted, three carrying bannered spear, approaching castle where man stands in trilobed doorway holding ceremonial staff with right hand over right shoulder. Above doorway, in niche, below architectural canopy, is statue of king, crowned, holding staff in left hand. Beside horsemen, shepherd, wearing hood, leaning with both hands, on pedum stands amid sheep in field with trees. 2) Magi: before Herod the Great -- Beneath canopy, Herod, crowned, is seated on draped faldstool, his back to hooded fireplace with andirons and woven firescreen, with dog on floor beside him. He gestures with left hand toward three Magi, crowned, seated, the eldest gesturing toward Herod, and the black Magus holding rod in right hand. They are flanked by men wearing hats, one with sword, and soldiers, one black. Scene in wood panelled, windowed room with tile floor, within architectural frame. In lower left corner, within architectural frame inscribed S MARC, Evangelist Mark, nimbed, wearing hat, writing on scroll held on his lap, is seated on wooden bench with cushion, next to lectern with open book. Evangelist symbol, lion, is in foreground.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.1003 fol. 18v 1) Christ: Ascension -- Feet of Christ disappear into clouds, flanked by two hovering angels with joined hands extended. Below, Evangelist John (?), nimbed Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, with joined hands kneel, looking up toward Him. Behind each of them is group of apostles and disciples (?) all nimbed, kneeling, some with joined hands, some orant. Scene is in hilly landscape with castle or city in background. 2) Winged angel (Evangelist symbol), holds inkpot and stylus case in outstretched hands toward Evangelist Matthew, nimbed, wearing hat, seated on bench, holding book, before lectern wit base on which is open book and two closed books. Behind him is shelf with books and scroll. Figures within architectural frame.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.1003 fol. 20r Miniature: Christ: Piet³l -- Christ, bleeding from wounds, his head supported by Evangelist John, nimbed, lies on lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, her right hand around His back and her left hand holding His left hand. Behind them is tau-cross with two nails in crossbar, ladder leaning on crossbar, and titulus INRI. Cross is flanked by two Holy Women, nimbed and veiled, with joined hands and by three men, wearing hats, one with hands raised, another indicating Christ. In background is castle or city. Medallions in margins, from bottom to top: 1) Christ: Betrayal and Arrest -- Christ, cross-nimbed, touches left ear of Malchus, holding lantern in right hand and mace (?) in left hand, kneeling on one knee, as Judas embraces Him. Behind them are soldiers wearing wearing helmets and armor and carring spears. Trees in background. 2) Christ: bearing Cross -- Christ, cross-nimbed, supports tau-ross with right arm and shoulder, and with left hand takes cloth from right hand of Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, walking behind Him, supporting cross with left hand. At right are four soldiers. 3) Christ: Crucifixion, nailed to Cross -- Christ, cross-nimbed, eyes closed, wearing short loin cloth, is nailed to cross by two (?) soldiers, one, wearing helmet, at His right hand, and the other at His feet, both raising hammers in right hands. Tunic of Christ is on ground next to cross. At His left hand are Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, with joined hands, and group of onlookers. Margins decorated with floreate ornament, including viola, dianthus, rose, and periwinkle.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.1003 fol. 31r Miniature: Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Virgin Mary, rayed nimbus, left hand raised, is kneeling at draped prie-dieu on which is open book. Dove of Holy Ghost hovers near right side of her head. She is turning back toward Angel Gabriel, head surmounted by cross, extending scroll (?) with pseudo-inscription, held in right hand, and raising left hand. Behind them is canopied bed with mirror hanging at head of bed. Through window in background is landscape with river and boats; in window above is half figure of God, nimbed, raising right hand in blessing and in left hand, holding globe inscribed with T and surmounted by cross. Miniature in arched architectural frame, flanked at top by two angels. Medallions in margins, top to bottom: 1) Virgin Mary: Presentation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, book under right arm, rosary (?) over right arm, taper in left hand, ascends steps of temple toward draped altar on which is candle (?), behind which is priest, tonsured, wearing vestments, standing beneath canopy. Anna, nimbed, and Joachim, wearing hat, stand to left of staircase. 2) Virgin Mary: Life in Temple, fed by Angel -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding beater (?) in right hand and object in left hand, is seated at loom under canopy. Angel, head surmounted by cross, extends bread (?) and pitcher toward Virgin Mary. On floor between them is box or basket containing two round objects. Scene in windowed room with tile floor. 3) Virgin Mary: Espousal -- High Priest, nimbed, wearing triple crowned papal tiara with infulae (?), and vestments, is flanked by Virgin Mary, nimbed, both hands extended holding right hand of Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, wearing hood, holding branch in right hand. Behind them are woman, wearing hat and two men, one wearing hat. Flanking medallion are donors, man, with joined hands, kneeling at prie-dieu on which is open book, and woman, wearing headdress, with hands joined, kneeling at draped prie-dieu on which is open book. Margins decorated with birds and floreate ornament, including viola and strawberry.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.1003 fol. 61r Miniature: Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing wimpled veil, and Virgin Mary, nimbed, embrace, Elizabeth placing her right hand on abdomen of Virgin Mary. Two women stand behind Virgin Mary, one wearing diadem, the other holding wooden casket. Figures stand next to wattle fence and stream, before building. Medallions in margins, from top to bottom: 1) Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, looking at book held with both hands in lap, is seated on bench beneath canopy. Archangel Gabriel, extending right hand toward Virgin Mary, holding cross staff, kneels on one knee. Figures in windowed room with tiled floor. Scene inscribed ECCE ELISABETH COGNATA TUA. 2) Virgin Mary: Visitation, Journey -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding walking stick in right hand, walking with two women, one carrying casket. Scene in landscape with trees, and walled city in background beneath starry sky. 3) John Baptist: Birth -- Elizabeth, nimbed and veiled, reclines in draped bed, mirror hanging above her head, beneath canopy. John Baptist, rays as nimbus, nude, is held (?) by Virgin Mary, nimbed, next to two women, one with outstretched arms. At foot of bed, Zacharias sits in chair looking at open book held with both hands in his lap. Margins decorated with birds and floreate ornament including strawberry.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.1003 fol. 75r Miniature: Christ: Nativity -- Within shed, with holes in roof, Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneels looking down toward Christ Child, nude, lying amid rays on her cloak (?) on the ground. Midwife, wearing headdress, with joined hands, looking toward Virgin Mary, kneels next to tub in which is water (?). In background, Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, with both hands on staff, kneels (?) looking toward Christ Child. Beside him, ox leans toward manger, and ass reaches up toward hay rack. Rays from star, upper left, stream through hole in roof toward Christ Child. Medallions in margins, from top to bottom: 1) Virgin Mary: doubted, Joseph's repentance -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, her hands on her abdomen, stands before Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, kneeling on one knee (?), holding hat with both hands, leaning (?) on staff. Scene in windowed room with canopied, draped bed, fireplace and chair on tiled floor. 2) Joseph the Carpenter: Dream II -- Joseph the Carpenter, holding hat on head with right hand and holding walking stick with left hand, reclines on ground looking over left shoulder at angel, head surmounted by cross, hovering above raising right hand, with left hand holding scroll inscribed IOSEPH FILII DAUID NOLI TIMERE [...]. Scene in landscape with trees and castle in background. 3) Virgin Mary: Journey to Bethlehem -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, her hands on abdomen, is astride ass; Joseph, wearing hat, follows holding with right hand holding over right shoulder, stick draped with cloth. Ox walks beside him.Scene in landscape with trees and buildings. Margins decorated with birds and floreate ornament, including rose and viola.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.1003 fol. 82v Miniature: Shepherds: Annunciation -- Shepherdess, wearing diadem or crown of flowers, is seated, possibly stringing flowers. Next to her is dog, wearing spiked collar, sitting up on hind legs. She is flanked by two shepherds, possibly dancing, one with hat hanging on back, raising his right hand in front of his face, holding pedum (?) in left hand, wearing wineskin or purse at waist. The other, his hood falling off, holds pedum (?) in right hand and raises left hand. All three look up toward three angels, half figures, two with cross surmounted heads, above tower inscribed TURIS GREGIS (sic), holding scroll inscribed GLORIA IN EX(CELSIS) DEO ET IN TERRA PAX. Another angel hovers next to tower holding scroll inscribed NATUS EST UOBIS HODIE SAL(UATOR). In background is city beneath starry sky. Medallions in margins, from top to bottom: 1) Shepherds: Journey -- Three shepherds, two wearing hats, one holding bagpipe, two holding peda (?) stand in landscape with tower and sheep in distance. 2) Shepherds: Adoration -- Within stable with wattle walls, and roof with dormer, Virgin Mary, nimbed, is seated, holding Christ Child, nimbed, nude, in her hands; Joseph the Carpenter is next to them. The three shepherds, two holding peda (?), one extending hand toward Christ Child, two wearing wineskin or purse at waist, kneel at entrance to stable. Third pedum (?) leans against entrance of stable. 3) Shepherds: Return -- Two of three shepherds wear hats, and either wineskin or purse at waist, and carry peda (?), one holds leash of dog wearing spiked collar, and the third carries bagpipe. They are walking in landscape with trees and city in background. Margins decorated with floreate ornament including strawberry, dianthus, and inhabited by: hybrid man, wearing hat, with body of fish, grasping body of flying (?) bird; birds; insect, possibly dragonfly; and hybrid man, wearing hat, with body of bird, aiming bow and arrow at bird.

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