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December: Capricorn; the month of killing pigs
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 6 verso in
The Wharncliffe Hours
(c. 1475–80)
MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (illuminator)
Jean DUBRUEIL (scribe)
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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
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Not on display
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text
Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
farmers (people in agriculture)
floral patterns
illuminated manuscripts
Latin (language)
months
pig (genus)
zodiac symbols
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