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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: January (fol. 1v)
[ca.1480-1500]
In the miniature at the foot of the page a man is warming his feet by the fire, while a woman brings him a plate of food. The border includes strawberries, speedwells, and a curved acanthus leaf on a ...
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: 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: June (fol. 6v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men making hay, one of them taking a break and drinking from a jug. Two female figures (one with a basket, the other with a stick) are seen walking alon...
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: July (fol. 7v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men reaping corn at harvest, and one man binding sheaves. The border has a fly, pinks, pea flowers, strawberries and speedwell.
Calendar: August (fol. 8v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page depicts two men threshing within a house. The border is decorated with a robin, a fly, primroses, thistles and strawberries.
Calendar: September (fol. 9v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows a man sowing seeds in a field, while another man holds a donkey carrying a sack. A hill and a fence can be seen in the background. The border is decorated w...
Calendar: October (fol. 10v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows a man treading grapes, while another brings in another basket from the vineyard shown next to the house. The border is decorated with primrose, thistle, spe...
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: November (fol. 11v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page depicts two men and a woman knocking acorns out of oak trees and driving pigs to the woods to eat them. The border is decorated with strawberries, thistles, speed...