[Calendrier des bergers :] Kalendrier et compost des bergiers

1506 · Gaspard Philippe · 46 pictures

This is a French almanac printed in 1506 by Gaspard Philippe, the Kalendrier et compost des bergiers, a calendar for shepherds and rural readers that mixes astrological lore, saints' days and moral instruction. The woodcuts show a skeletal figure of death carrying a spade-like tool, a seated man addressed by a robed elder, a crowned king receiving a kneeling supplicant beside a Virgin and child, and a standing figure labelled for Sunday, all drawn in bold black outline on rough paper that suggests bold, simple printed-page figure work for a designer.

Religion · Post-incunables · Post-Incunabula

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