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List View of MS M.632 Book of hours (MS M.632). Paris, France, ca. 1520.
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Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 1r Month, Occupation: January -- Male figure, possibly cleric, wearing white hat, hood and robe, is seated on canopied throne, behind table on which are food, plate and utensils. Before table sits dog wearing collar. Flanking table are two servants, wearing hats, one holding plate with food, the other pouring from pitcher held in right hand, into bowl in left hand. Scene in room with door and window. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 1v Zodiac Sign: Aquarius -- Aquarius, nude, winged, stands holding pitcher, pouring water into river in which are boats. Scene in landscape with trees, bushes, and in background, city with bridge over river. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 2r Month, Occupation: February -- Before fireplace with fire, and andirons, man, wearing headgear, raising right hand, is seated on armchair, looking over left shoulder at woman, wearing headdress, carrying log on right shoulder with right hand, and bunch of twigs under left arm. Behind her is cupboard (?) on which are two bowls. Scene in windowed room. Miniature of grisaille and gold, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 2v Zodiac Sign: Pisces -- Two fish are superimposed on body of water; on bank are trees, bushes, city with bridge over river. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 3r Month, Occupation: March -- Two men, one wearing cap, one wearing hat and wearing sack tucked into girdle, both holding pruning knives, trim vines. Amid vines are three corrugated cylinders, possibly to shield vines. In background is city. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 3v Zodiac Sign: Aries -- Sheep standing in landscape with bushes, and trees, and with city in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 4r Month, Occupation: April -- Of two women sitting in garden, one, wearing veil, possibly makes crown of flowers, and the other, wearing headdress, gathers flowers in her mantle. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 4v Zodiac Sign: Taurus -- Bull stands in landscape with hills, trees, windmill and city in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 5r Month, Occupation: May -- Amid trees, one man, wearing hat, holds reins of horse with right hand, with falcon resting on left wrist, and sheathed sword at his waist, and the other, wearing hat, with sword or sheath at waist, raises sword in right hand and holds branch of tree with left. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 5v Zodiac Sign: Gemini -- Two men, nude, embrace in landscape with bushes and trees, and with building, possibly house, in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 6r Month, Occupation: June -- Man, wearing hat, seated, holding shears with his right hand, shears sheep on his lap, and indicates sheep at left with his left hand. He looks toward woman, wearing headdress and veil, extending her right hand under his chin, and holding distaff under her left arm and spindle with her left hand. Figures in landscape with bushes, trees and with building in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 6v Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Lobster superimposed on landscape with plants, trees, stream with watermill, and city. Miniature of grisaille with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 7r Month, Occupation: July -- Standing on edge of field of grain, man, wearing hat, lifts tied bundle of grain; woman, wearing hat and veil, harvests grain, holding it with left hand and cutting with sickle held in right hand; at right, man seated on ground drinks from flask held with both hands. Sack is on ground next to him. In background, hills, and either castle or city. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 7v Zodiac Sign: Leo -- Lion, seated in landscape with walled city in background. Miniature of grisaille with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 8r Month, Occupation: August -- At edge of field of grain stand two men, one wearing cap, holding scythe with right hand, indicating grain with left, and the other, wearing hat and cap, carrying scythe with right hand over right shoulder, holding circular flask by strap in left hand, followed by dog wearing collar. Trees and hills in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 8v Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Flanked by two sheaves of grain, maiden, holding stalk of wheat with right hand, stands in landscape with trees, hills, and walled city in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 9r Month, Occupation: September -- Of two men in plowed field, one wearing hat, sows seeds with right hand and holds tunic as pouch containing seeds, and the other, carries sack held with right hand on his head. Sack of seed is at left. Scene in landscape with hills and trees and city in background. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 9v Zodiac Sign: Libra -- Scales hanging in panelled room with window and tiled floor. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 10r Month, Occupation: October -- In windowed room with five vats, one man, wearing hat, carrying basket full of grapes on back, climbs ladder leaning against vat; a second man, wearing hat, standing in vat of grapes, pours juice from bucket held with both hands, into tub on floor; third man, wearing hat with long tail, gestures with left hand toward vat. Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.632 fol. 10v Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion in landscap of hills and trees with windmill and castle or city in background. Miniature of grisaille with painted accents, framed in black and gold with text.

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