Calendar: February (fol. 2r)
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Calendar: February (fol. 2r)
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Description:
The double-compartment miniature has a man warming his feet at a fire, and the zodiacal sign of Pisces (the fish). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Brigid of Ireland holding a lantern; possibly (?) St. Valentine of Rome; and the Virgin Mary and Christ-Child with a handmaiden carrying a tall candle and three turtle doves in a basket, the latter offered as sacrifice for the Purification of the Virgin (the corresponding feast day).
Context: Calendar: February
- Date range: [ca. 142-?]
- Date: 1424
- Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
- Physical Identifier: BC MS 1/3
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/10574
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