October

October is a month for tilling and sowing, and once again the Limbourg brothers show us how it was done. This detail depicts a peasant on horseback hauling a harrow, which has been weighted down with a stone to make it penetrate more deeply into the soil. Not shown here is another peasant, clad in blue, sowing seeds from a pouch he wears over his shoulders. Get a closer look, and see which splendid palace lies in the background, in the page for October in the Les Très Riches Heures Image Gallery.