A Feast For The Eyes - A Canterbury Calendar

These images are from a manuscript of around 1280, possibly from Canterbury

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1. Janus feasting; the month of January.

2. Warming feet by the fire; the month of February.

3. Pruning a tree; the month of March.

4. Planting a tree; the month of April.

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5. Picking flowers; the month of May.

6. A mower with his scythe; the month of June.

7. A reaper with his hook; the month of July.

8. A thresher with his flail; the month of August.

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9. Treading grapes; the month of September.

10. Sowing; the month of October.

11. Knocking down acorns for swine; the month of November.

12. Slaughtering with an axe; the month of December.

MS Corpus Christi College 285
Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Ed. Kenneth E. Morgan, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.

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