Books of Hours:
A Comparison of Calendar Iconography

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The table below compares the "labors of the seasons" iconography in the calendar sections of books of hours and related medieval manuscripts. The books themselves are arranged chronologically.

See also the Center for Hndskriftstudier i Danmark tutorial on books of hours, The Medieval Bestseller: Illuminated Books of Hours, and A Hypertext Book of Hours. The Getty also has a video on the medieval calendar.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
The Julius Calendar and Hymnal
British Library MS Cotton Julius A. VI
Early to mid 11th century		 3 3v 4 4v 5 5v 6 6v 7 7v 8 8v
The Anglo-Saxon Calendar
British Library MS Cotton Tiberius B. V
Second quarter of the 11th century		 3 3v 4 4v 5 5v 6 6v 7 7v 8 8v
The Fécamp Psalter
Koninklijke Bibliotheek 76 F 13
c. 1180		 1v 2v 3v 4v 5v 6v 7v 8v 9v 10v 11v 12v
Reliefs on the main portal of St. Mark's in Venice
mid-13th century		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Psalter
ÖNB 1898
c. 1265-1275		 1r 2r 3r 4r 5r 6r 7r 8r 9r 10r 11r 12r
The Taymouth Hours
British Library MS Yates Thompson 13
c. 1325-1335		 1 1v 2 2v 3 3v 4 4v 5 5v 6 6v
The Petites Heures of Jean de Berry
Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS Latin 18014
c. 1375		 32 36bis 40 44v 49 54v 59v 64v 69v 74v 79v 84
Breviari d'Amour
British Library MS Yates Thompson 31
Last quarter of the 14th century		 73 73 73v 73v 73v 74 74 74 74v 74v 75 75
Book of Hours
Schloss Weissenstein cod. 351
c. 1401-1433		 1 1v-2 2v-3 3v-4 4v-5 5v-6 6v-7 7v-8 8v-9 9v-10 10v-11 11v-12
Frescoes at the Castello Buonconsiglio
1405-1410		 Jan Feb Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
The Hours of René d'Anjou
British Library Egerton 1070
c. 1410		 6 6v 7 8 8v 9 9v 10 10v 11 11v
Book of Hours from northern France
c. 1410-1420		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
The Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry
Musée Condé MS 65
c. 1412-1416		 2r 2v 3v 4v 5v 6v 7v 8v 9v 10v 11v 12v
The Bedford Hours
British Library MS Add. 18850
c. 1414-1423		 1 4 5 9 12
The Hours of Marguerite d'Orléans
Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS Latin 1156 B
c. 1426		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Epinay Family Book of Hours
Bibliothèque Municipale de Rennes MS 33
c. 1426-1450		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Book of Hours
British Library MS Add. 17012
second quarter of the 15th century		 3 6
The Dunois Hours
British Library MS Yates Thompson 3
c. 1440-1450 (after 1436)		 1 2 3 4 4v-5 9
Book of hours
Morgan Library MS M.358
c. 1440-1450		 1r 2r 3r 4r 5r 6r 7r 8r 9r 10r 11r 12r
Book of hours
British Library MS Add. 35312
middle of the 15th century		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
The Hours of Simon de Varie
Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland MS 74 G 37 & 74 G 37a
c. 1455		 88r 89r 90r 91r 92r 93r 94r 95r 96r 97r 98r 99r
Biblia Pauperum
ÖNB 3085
1475		 1r 2r 3r 4r 5r 6r 7r 8r 9r 10r 11r
The Allegories of the Months: Frescoes at the Palazzo Schifanoia
c. 1476-1484		 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
The Hours of Guillermus Enlart
Bibliothèque Mazarine MS 502
c. 1475-1499		 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13
Frescoes at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, Slovenia
1490		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
The Isabella Breviary
British Library MS Add. 18851
c. 1490-1497		 1v 6v
The Grimani Breviary
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, cod. Lat I, 99
c. 1490-1510		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
The Hours of Joanna of Castile
British Library MS Add. 18852
c. 1496-1506		 1v-2 6 7 10 13
Hours of Henry VIII
Morgan Library MS H. 8
c. 1500		 1 1v 2 2v 3 3v 4 4v 5 5v 6 6v
The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany
Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS Latin 9474
c. 1503-1508		 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Book of hours
British Library MS 35315
16th century		 1 2v 3 4 4v 5v 6 6v 7 8
Book of hours
British Library MS Egerton 1147
c. 1500-1515		 6v 8v 9v 11v
Da Costa Hours
Morgan Library MS 399
c. 1515		 2v-3 3v-4 4v-5 5v-6 6v-7 7v-8 8v-9 9v-10 10v-11 11v-12 12v-13 13v-14
The Golf Book
British Library MS Add. 24098
c. 1520-1530		 18v 19v 20v 21v 22v-23 23v-24 24v-25 25v-26 26v-27 27v-28 28v-29 29v
Die Augsburger Monatsbilder
1520s		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hennessey Hours
Bibliothèque Royale Albert ler MS H, 158
c. 1530-1540		 1v-2r 2v-3r 3v-4r 4v-5r 5v-6r 6v-7r 7v-8r 8v-9r 9v-10r 10v-11r 11v-12r 12v-13r
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