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Wren Display: February

Item: Book of Hours

Date: 15th century

This depiction of a man digging and another sowing seeds is one of the featured ‘labours of the month’ for February from a medieval devotional manuscript. These Books of Hours typically began with calendar pages which featured astrological signs (in this instance Pisces) and monthly labours.

B.11.31, f. 2r

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