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Calendar: February (fol. 2r)

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Calendar: February (fol. 2r)
  • 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
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2015 23:11
  • Last Modified: 11 May 2018 08:58