Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 1r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Calendar page for January
Notes: This calendar contained the feasts days celebrated in the month of February. Calendars are typically illustrated with the labors of the month and the zodiac signs. Miniatures in the lower margin show the labor for January, a man warming himself by the fire, and the zodiac sign for Aquarius. These vignettes were painted by a follower of the Egerton Master, an artist active in Paris in the early fifteenth century. The folios of the calendar are decorated with sunbursts and the initials "KS". The device and initials may refer to King Charles VI of France.
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1405. The scribe Johannes Parvus signed his name on f. 206v.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1457701
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1415
Image Dimensions Width: 210 mm
ShelfMark: Widener 4
Creator Name: Egerton Master, follower of - Artist
Johannes Parvus (a.k.a. Jean Le Petit) - Scribe