Bartholomaeus Anglicus (c. 1496) from the Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, SMU. This edition is illustrated with woodcuts introducing each of the 19 books. The woodcut for Book Nine, relates to the properties of time: the months, and the ecclesiastical calendar. It shows the twelve months and the labors associated with them, proceeding counter-clockwise from January (just to the right of the bottom roundel). Personifications of the warm (female) and cold (male) seasons are at the center of the image.

Bartholomaeus Anglicus (c. 1496) from the Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, SMU. This edition is illustrated with woodcuts introducing each of the 19 books. The woodcut for Book Nine, relates to the properties of time: the months, and the ecclesiastical calendar. It shows the twelve months and the labors associated with them, proceeding counter-clockwise from January (just to the right of the bottom roundel). Personifications of the warm (female) and cold (male) seasons are at the center of the image.

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