Labours of the Months

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Illustration from Très riches heures du Duc de Berry, 1412-16, by Pol and Hermann de Limbourg, representing the month of August and depicting, in the foreground, the Nobility riding out to hunt with falcons while in the midground, the harvest takes place and the workers cool off in the river. One of the Duc's many castles, Etampes, completes the scene. Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm
Illustration from Très riches heures du Duc de Berry, 1412-16, by Pol and Hermann de Limbourg, representing the month of August and depicting, in the foreground, the Nobility riding out to hunt with falcons while in the midground, the harvest takes place and the workers cool off in the river. One of the Duc's many castles, Etampes, completes the scene. Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm

The term Labours of the Months refers to cycles seen in Medieval and early Renaissance art depicting in twelve scenes the rural activities that commonly took place in the months of the year.

They are often linked to the signs of the Zodiac, and are seen as humankind's response to God's ordering of the Universe.

There are series of Labours in the following places, often associated with the relevant zodiac signs:

  • Chartres cathedral: facade, and also stained glass in the south ambulatory
  • Notre Dame, Paris - northern door of the facade
  • Parma, charterhouse
  • Ferrara cathedral
  • San Marco, Venice - main portal
  • Verona, San Zeno - facade

They are also frequently found in illuminated manuscripts, especially in the Calendars of late medieval Books of Hours.

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