MS M.711, fol. 6r, silk lifted
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"Hainricus Missal"
(Gradual, Sequentiary, and Sacramentary), in Latin
Germany, Weingarten
ca. 1220–30
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1926
MS M.711
Page description:
Medallion 1:
Month, Occupation: September -- Man, wearing tunic, cuts grapes with sickle from vines entwined around poles. He is flanked by two baskets filled with grapes.
Medallion 2:
Zodiac Sign: Libra -- Scales.
Two rounded arches, surmounted by seated male figure, wearing hood and extending right hand, and finial, frame text.
Stem of initial K terminates in cross.