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