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August: Virgo; the month of thrashing grain
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 4 verso in
The Wharncliffe Hours
(c. 1475–80)
MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (illuminator)
Jean DUBRUEIL (scribe)
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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text
Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
books of hours
farmers (people in agriculture)
floral patterns
illuminated manuscripts
Latin (language)
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February: Pisces; the month of warming oneself
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March: Aries; the month of pruning vines
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April: Taurus; the month of making garlands
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May: Gemini; the month of hunting
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June: Cancer; the month of mowing crops
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July: Leo; the month of reaping crops
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September: Libra; the month of winemaking
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October: Scorpio; the month of sowing seed
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November: Sagittarius; the month of feeding pigs
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December: Capricorn; the month of killing pigs
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St Luke
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None: The Presentation in the Temple
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