MONTHS - CALENDARS - OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER Sixteenth century Calendar, portraying the Months, the corresponding zodiacal sign and the activities associated with the month, in a rural community. The woodcuts are from a Shepherd's Calendar, 1579. [Reading from top, downwards]: October, with the sign Scorpio: the foliage head-gear of the rustic to the left, and the pan-pipes in his hand suggest a period of merry making. November, with the sign Sagittarius: perhaps the funeral procession, to the left, is a sign that the year is dying? December, with the sign Capricorn (the unletter
MONTHS - CALENDARS - OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER Sixteenth century Calendar, portraying the Months, the corresponding zodiacal sign and the activities associated with the month, in a rural community. The woodcuts are from a Shepherd's Calendar, 1579. [Reading from top, downwards]: October, with the sign Scorpio: the foliage head-gear of the rustic to the left, and the pan-pipes in his hand suggest a period of merry making. November, with the sign Sagittarius: perhaps the funeral procession, to the left, is a sign that the year is dying? December, with the sign Capricorn (the unlettered woodcutter has drawn the sigil for Capricorn upsidedown) - once again, the tedium of tending the sheep - the leafless trees and the setting sun alone hint at the cold.
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Photo credit: © Charles Walker Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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