These illustrations represent the labours, activities and signs of the months.
They are here reprinted from The Shepherd's Calendar, published
by Nicholas Le Rouge, Troyes, c1495, each image 13 x 15cms. The Calendar
also prints such images as the Days of the Week, the Twelve Apostles and
the the Trees of Virtues and Vices, readily understandable pictures for
the readers.
Jan van de Velde's etching, October , from "The Twelve
Months" set , published 1616, 18 x 28cms.
Anna
Duchesne, La Ronde des Mois Paris 1936, selected plates