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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1490]
The main picture shows a young man bringing a plate for a man dining at table. The miniature within the border depicts Aquarius as a young boy, pouring water (once coloured with silver pigment) out of...
Calendar: October (fol. 10r)
[ca. 1490]
The main miniature shows two men sowing and ploughing, and the border miniature has the zodiacal sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion).
Calendar: May (fol. 6r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Gemini (the twins), showing a naked man and woman apparently standing in water. The border has a robin, a fly, strawberries, roses and other flowers.
Calendar: November (fol. 11r)
[ca. 1490]
The main miniature depicts two men with sticks, one of them knocking acorns out of an oak-tree for pigs to feed on. The border miniature has Sagittarius (the archer) in the form of a centaur.
Calendar: December (fol. 12r)
[ca. 1490]
The main miniature shows a man and a woman slaughtering a pig, and the border miniature has Capricorn (the goat).
Calendar: June (fol. 7r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Cancer (the crab). The border is decorated with three robins, strawberries, thistles, speedwells, pimpernels, and a columbine.
Calendar: July (fol. 8r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Leo (the lion). The border is decorated with flies, strawberries, columbines, heartsease, speedwells and acanthus leaves.
Calendar: August (fol. 9r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, speedwells, strawberries and acanthus leaves.
Calendar: September (fol. 10r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion), although on this leaf (for September) it should be showing Libra (the balance). The border is decorated with primroses,...
Calendar: February (fol. 2r)
[ca. 1490]
The larger miniature depicting the labours of the month shows two men shovelling snow in a wintry landscape in the countryside. There is a house surrounded by a picket fence and hills covered with sno...
Calendar: January (fol. 2r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature inside the border depicts Aquarius with a water vase, on a pale blue ground. The border includes strawberries, speedwells, and a fly on yellow grounds.
Calendar: October (fol. 11r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of September, Libra (the balance), although it should have the sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion). The border is decorated with strawberries, columbin...