After reading about this illuminated manuscript many moons ago, through one of the finest works of the writer Tom Hodgkinson (editor of The Idler magazine), following his analysis of medieval life with this manuscript with its inner calendar, I had to find it!
I hope the pictures speak for how amazing it is as a piece in its own right, but also considering it was created sometime between 1412- 1416, it's stunning!
Anatomical Zodiac man (what a great name for a band that would be!)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Each month tells its own story of medieval life, what a gem!
All pictures from the wikipedia entry about it, free for use in public domain ;)
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this is awesome!! You have a really cool blog!! How do I follow it on the googly??
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how to follow it on the googly, i do apologise mr camus, this is an existential crisis for yoooouuuuuuuuuu!! x
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