MS G.55 fol. 9r

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Hours of Pierre de Bosredont

France, Langres
ca. 1465
157 x 113 mm

Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984

MS G.55 fol. 9r
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Zodiac Sign: Virgo A standing woman is in a medallion in the right margin. The medallion is labelled VIRGO.
Month, Occupation: August In a vignette in the lower margin, a man is threshing with a flail.
The margins are decorated with foliate and floreate ornament. A heraldic shield of Hospitallers (gules, a cross argent)is in the lower margin.