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October: Scorpio; the month of sowing seed
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 5 verso in The Wharncliffe Hours (c. 1475–80)

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
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) months scorpion (order) zodiac symbols