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The table below compares the "labors of the seasons" iconography in the calendar sections of books of hours and related artwork. The works themselves are arranged chronologically.
See also the Center for Håndskriftstudier i Danmark tutorial on books of hours, The Medieval Bestseller: Illuminated Books of Hours, Picturing Prayer: Books of Hours in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and A Hypertext Book of Hours. The Getty also has a video on the medieval calendar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| The Julius Calendar and Hymnal British Library MS Cotton Julius A. VI Early to mid 11th century |
3 | 6v | 7v | |||||||||
| The Anglo-Saxon Calendar British Library MS Cotton Tiberius B. V Second quarter of the 11th century |
4 | 4v | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7v | ||||||
| The Fécamp Psalter Koninklijke Bibliotheek 76 F 13 c. 1180 |
1v | 2v | 3v | 4v | 5v | 6v | 7v | 8v | 9v | 10v | 11v | 12v |
| Psalter St. John’s College MS K.30 c. 1190-1200 |
1r | 1v | 2r | 2v | 3r | 3v | 4r | 4v | 5r | 5v | 6r | 6v |
| 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 |
| Labors of the Months, c. 1580 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
