November isn't a good time time for pigs in the medieval calendar🫣

BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; 12th century; England; f.8r

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2022-10-29

August is the time for threshing the wheat in the company of Virgo

BL Egerton MS 1070; 'The Hours of René of Anjou'; 15th century; France (Paris); f.9v

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2022-07-30

In 'The Hours of René of Anjou' October is the time of sowing seed for the next harvest.

BL Egerton MS 1070; 'The Hours of René of Anjou'; 15th century; France (Paris); f.10v

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2021-09-27