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October - feeding pigs on acorns, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardOctober - feeding pigs on acorns, 15th century, (1939). A peasant couple practice pannage - the releasing of domestic pigs into woodland to feed on acorns or beechnuts
September - an ill-matched couple, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardSeptember - an ill-matched couple, 15th century, (1939). A grey-haired old man surrounded by buzzing flies caresses the hand of a young woman wearing a bridal headpiece as a dog watches through an
July - threshing, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardJuly - threshing, 15th century, (1939). Peasants using flails to thresh wheat. The separated grain is used to make flour. The stalks are then dried to make hay
March - working in the vineyard, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardMarch - working in the vineyard, 15th century, (1939). Two labourers among the bare vine stocks: the man bending over on the left is hoeing the ground to turn the earth over
February - spinning, late 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardFebruary - spinning, late 15th century, (1939). A man takes off his boots to warm his feet by the fire as a woman uses a wheel to spin thread
June - mowing, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardJune - mowing, 15th century, (1939). Peasants mow the wheat. The men use scythes to cut the ears at the bottom while the women hold forks to heap the mown ears into piles
April - lovers in a garden, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardApril - lovers in a garden, 15th century, (1939). April traditionally marked the beginning of spring and was associated with love
December - baking, 15th century, (1939). Creators: Robinet Testard, Jean BourdichonDecember - baking, 15th century, (1939). Man and woman using a long-handled wooden paddle to bake bread in an oven. Behind are balls of raw dough ready to be baked
November - slaughtering the pig, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardNovember - slaughtering the pig, 15th century, (1939). A man pins down the struggling pig and plunges his knife into its throat, severing its jugular vein and carotid artery
August - old woman in wheelbarrow, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardAugust - old woman in wheelbarrow, 15th century, (1939). A peasant with ragged hose pushes a wheelbarrow in which sits a drunken old woman holding a bottle, a fork and a flail for threshing grain
May - wild men jousting, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardMay - wild men jousting, 15th century, (1939). The leafy foliage coves the battling knights bodies like armour, and forms the horses headstalls and caparisons
January - dinner at New Year, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet TestardJanuary - dinner at New Year, 15th century, (1939). The old man sitting and drinking from a bowl symbolises Janus, the god of gates and transitions. Two women, one richly dressed, stand at the table
Charles D Orleans, Comte De Dunois, 1660, (1922). Artist: Robert NanteuilCharles D Orleans, Comte De Dunois, 1660. Charles D Orleans, Comte De Dunois (1646-1694). After Louis Elle Ferdinand II (1612-1689). From The Connoisseur Volume LXIII [Otto Limited, London, 1922.]
The Tower of London, the Custom House and Charles d?Orleans imprisonment in the Tower. From: Pseudo-Heloise by Charles d Orleans, ca 1483. Found in the collection of British Library