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"Hainricus Missal"
(Gradual, Sequentiary, and Sacramentary), in Latin
Germany, Weingarten
ca. 1220–30
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1926
MS M.711
Page description:
Medallion 1:
Month, Occupation: August -- Man, wearing tunic, cuts bundle of grain, held in left hand, with sickle.
Medallion 2:
Zodiac Sign: Virgo -- Female figure, wearing bicolored tunic, points with right hand to round object held in left hand.
Stem of initial K terminates in cross.
Two rounded arches, surmounted by towers, frame text.