The Hours of Philip the Bold
Calendar
Texts and Images
The Calendar pages are illustrated with twenty-four small miniatures – twelve showing the Zodiac signs and twelve the Labours of the Month – and elaborate KL initials (for kalenda, the first day of the month in the Roman calendar).
Calendar (August)
The first Calendar page for August has large pink and blue KL initials (for kalenda, the first day of the month in the Roman calendar). The elaborate treatment of the text, written in gold and four different colours, signals the princely patronage of this manuscript.