MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (illuminator), Jean DUBRUEIL (scribe)

May: Gemini; the month of hunting
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 3 recto in The Wharncliffe Hours (c. 1475–80)

Medium

brown, blue and red inks, tempera, gold paint, gold leaf on parchment

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
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Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

brown, blue and red inks, tempera, gold paint, gold leaf on parchment

Measurements

17.8 × 12.8 cm (folio)

Place/s of Execution

Paris / the Loire region, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Manion & Vines 78; Manion 2005

Accession Number

1072-3

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)

floral patterns horseback riding human figures (visual works) hunting illuminated manuscripts Latin (language) shields (motifs) zodiac symbols

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MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (illuminator), Jean DUBRUEIL (scribe)

May: Gemini; the month of hunting
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 3 recto in The Wharncliffe Hours (c. 1475–80)

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August: Virgo; the month of thrashing grain

September: Libra; the month of winemaking

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Initial 'O': The Virgin and Child

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Terce: The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Sect: the Adoration of the Magi

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MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (illuminator), Jean DUBRUEIL (scribe) May: Gemini; the month of hunting (c. 1475-1480) folio 3 recto in The Wharncliffe Hours (c. 1475–80)

Artwork Details

Related

The Wharncliffe Hours

January: Aquarius; the month of feasting

February: Pisces; the month of warming oneself

March: Aries; the month of pruning vines

April: Taurus; the month of making garlands

June: Cancer; the month of mowing crops

July: Leo; the month of reaping crops

August: Virgo; the month of thrashing grain

September: Libra; the month of winemaking

October: Scorpio; the month of sowing seed

November: Sagittarius; the month of feeding pigs

December: Capricorn; the month of killing pigs

St John and the Poisoned Cup

St Luke

St Matthew

Initial 'O': The Virgin and Child

Matins: The Parliament of Heaven and the Annunciation

Lauds: The Visitation

Prime: The Nativity

Terce: The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Sect: the Adoration of the Magi

None: The Presentation in the Temple

Vespers: The Flight into Egypt

Compline: The Death of the Virgin

The Penitential Psalms: David and Abigail

The Hours of the Cross: The Crucifixion

The Hours of the Holy Spirit: Pentecost

The Office of the Dead: The Three Quick and the Three Dead

St Christopher

St Sebastian

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MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (illuminator), Jean DUBRUEIL (scribe)

May: Gemini; the month of hunting
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 3 recto in The Wharncliffe Hours (c. 1475–80)