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Click to view high resolution image Title: September Creator: Herman, Jean, and Paul de Limbourg, painters Description: As workers harvest grapes, one man eats some of the harvest as a woman, whose rounded belly suggests pregnancy, adjusts her head covering. The Chateau de Saumur in Anjou is depicted in the background. Above, Apollo directs his chariot between the symbols of Virgo and Libra. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public Domain Subject (See Also): Agriculture Astrology Castles Peasantry Pregnancy Trés Riches Heures de Duc de Berry Work Geographic Area: France Century: 15 Date: ca. 1404 Related Work: Tres riches heures. See all the digitized pages from the manuscript in Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_Duc_de_Berry_scan_2004&fileuntil=203%0A203+MS+65+F100.jpg#mw-category-media Current Location: Paris, Musée Condé, MS 65, fol. 9v Original Location: Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript Illuminations Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment); Paint Donor: Layman; Jean, Duke of Berry Height/Width/Length(cm): 22.5 cm/13.6 cm/ Inscription: Related Resources:

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