For #APRIL
‘Avril’ *Les #TrèsRichesHeures du Duc de Berry* Folio 4, verso
Illumination on vellum
Limbourg brothers, Herman, Paul & Jean (fl. 1385–1416) et al.?
Commissioned by Jean, #DucdeBerry
Chantilly, Musée Condé. 1411-1416.
#Capricorn #Taurus

Replacing the slaughter of a pig traditional to Christmas iconography with the climax of a #boarhunt, the keep and towers of the #ChâteaudeVincennes, completed under Charles V (and the birthplace of the #DucdeBerry. #LimbourgBrothers #BarthélemydEyck

For #SEPTEMBER
Harvest!
Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry
🧵👇
illuminated manuscript codex
#LimbourgBrothers (et al.)
Commissioned by Jean, #DucDeBerry
Musée Condé di Chantilly
1412-1416 (& 1485-1489)
Five figures pick grapes while a man and a woman, ➡️

For #AUGUST
Falconry!
Août
Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry
🧵👇
illuminated manuscript codex
#LimbourgBrothers (et al.)
Commissioned by Jean, #DucDeBerry
Musée Condé di Chantilly
1412-1416 (& 1485-1489)
The conventional scene for August, of threshing, is relegated to the ➡️

For #APRIL
‘Avril’ *Les #TrèsRichesHeures du Duc de Berry* Folio 4, verso
Illumination on vellum
Limbourg brothers, Herman, Paul & Jean (fl. 1385–1416) et al.?
Commissioned by Jean, #DucdeBerry
Chantilly, Musée Condé. 1411-1416.
#Capricorn #Taurus