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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: SAGITTARIUS. Being a calendar leaf from a Book of Hours depicting the labor of the month for November,
11 December 2020, 10:00 EST
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: SAGITTARIUS.
Being a calendar leaf from a Book of Hours depicting the labor of the month for November, with illustrations showing the gathering of acorns and the zodiac sign Sagittarius, Northern France: c.1460, 12mo (130 x 98 mm). Minor flaking.
From a large fragment of a Book of Hours with borders containing human and zoological figures. The text is for the labor of the month of November, illustrated by a man in a wide-brimmed hat herding swine, the pigs rooting about in mud for acorns at the edge of a forest; verso depicting Sagittarius as a half-man, half-lion archer. The painting of the gathering scene is especially detailed, showing the leaves of the forest trees, the acorns on the ground, and the bristles on the pigs' backs.
From a large fragment of a Book of Hours with borders containing human and zoological figures. The text is for the labor of the month of November, illustrated by a man in a wide-brimmed hat herding swine, the pigs rooting about in mud for acorns at the edge of a forest; verso depicting Sagittarius as a half-man, half-lion archer. The painting of the gathering scene is especially detailed, showing the leaves of the forest trees, the acorns on the ground, and the bristles on the pigs' backs.