Items matching months

October

(page 1346)

A barefoot, bare-legged and bare-chested man sits astride a giant scorpion. He holds aloft a branch from a grapevine.

Keywords: people, insects, scorpions, bare feet, beards, calendars, months, october

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Added: 2006-01-09

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Aries

Aries comes under the entry for the 20th of March: “Aries, or the ram, as a zodiacal sign, is said to have been derived by the Greeks from the golden fleece brought from Colchis by Jason, about 1263 y [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, months, aries, animals, sheep, march, april

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Added: 2006-07-05

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September

(page 1146)A man carries a bushel of wheat over his shoulder, and in his hands a scythe and a scale. A poem follows:September.Next him September marched eke on foot;    Yet was he heavy laden with th [...]

Keywords: people, harvest, calendars, months, september

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Added: 2006-01-09

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March

“—Sturdy March with brows full sternly bent   And armed strongly, rode upon a ram,   The same which over Hellespontus swam; Yet in his hand a spade he also hent,   And in a bag all sorts of weeds ysam [...]

Keywords: calendars, months, march, people, animals

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Added: 2006-02-14

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December

(page 1543)An old tonsured man wearing a monk’s robe and a gown is supping lustily from a giant bowl of liquid. He rides a goat, representing the lasciviousness of the festivals at December.A poem un [...]

Keywords: people, bowls, winter, animals, goats, monks, calendars, months, december, christmas

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Added: 2006-01-09

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May

A poem beneath the picture reads as follows: MAY. Then came faire May, the fayrest mayd on ground,     Dekt all with dainties of her seasons pryde, And throwing flow’res out of her lap around:     Upo [...]

Keywords: cherubs, bare feet, people, calendars, months, may

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Added: 2006-01-09

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June

(page 738)

A man bearded man strewn with garlands and leaves rides a crab. He faces backwards. he carries spear and shield, and on his lap a shovel. He wears sandals and a long robe.

Keywords: summer, people, beards, calendars, months, june

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Added: 2006-01-09

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April

April is a youth with curly hair and carrying a garland. He wears a tunic and sandals, with a cape billowing out behind him in the wind, and he rides a bucking bull that is jumping up out of a puddle [...]

Keywords: months, calendars, people, animals, april

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Added: 2006-03-16

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January

(page 2; there is one of these for each month)A mean wearing warm boots, coat and hat walks through the snow, blowing on his hands to warm them, and is accompanied by a dog. The rooves of a nearby far [...]

Keywords: snow, animals, dogs, people, winter, months, calendars, january

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-16

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November

A portly man sits astride a bearded centaur. The centaur is wearing a helmet and carrying a spear. The mean wears a monk’s tunic and is mopping his tonsured brow. A poem underneath the image: NOVEMBER [...]

Keywords: people, centaurs, spears, monks, calendars, months, november

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Added: 2006-01-09

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February

“— — Then came cold February, sitting In an old waggon, for he could not ride, Drawne of two fishes, for the season fitting, Which through the flood before did softly slyde And swim away; yet had he b [...]

Keywords: months, calendars, february, fish, people, carts, february, zodiac, pisces

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Added: 2006-02-14

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August and Virgo

“AUGUST The eigth wsa August, being rich array’d In garment all of gold downe to the ground: Yet rode he not, but led a lovely mayd Forth by the lily hand, the which was crown’d With eares of corne [w [...]

Keywords: people, weapons, swords, summer, calendars, months, august, virgo, zodiac, astrology, september

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Added: 2006-05-02

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