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Friday, 14 March 2025
quote [ In this printed example below (C.41.a.28), the tasks for January-April show a labourer sitting by the fire, pruning trees, and ploughing the fields. Opposite these images, circular diagrams in red and black with an orange orb in the centre handily indicate the number of hours of daylight and darkness in each calendar month. ]
From the Medieval manuscripts blog of the British Library .. ingenious designs on small scale to handle complex chronicles.
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