Bodleian, MS Digby 81, fol. 128v

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Bodleian, MS Digby 81, fol. 128v
Accession number: 
MS Digby 81
Collection: 
Bodleian Library

This zodiac man is found in a 15th-century calendar, thought to have been made in North West France. Unlike many of the other examples in this unit, the ram of Aries that stands atop the man's head stares straight out at us, and the lion of Leo holds the man's heart in his paws.