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French 15th Century ‘Kalendar of Shepherds’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am finishing my post on September, and using the Kalendar of Shepherds. As you may have noticed, I often use the Kalendar of Shepherds to provide an insight into how the seasons were seen in the past. Mostly, I use it for the posts at the beginning of each month. I have created this page as a placeholder to put information on the Kalendar for anyone who is eager to explore it more or to make use of it. Each month I will link to it, so I do not have to repeat the basic information about the Kalendar. Much of this text was contained in the December post, and I have used this month as my example. Tomorrow, you will get the September version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Kalendar of Shepherds.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Kalendar was printed in 1493 in Paris and provided ‘Devices for the 12 Months.’ The version I’m using is a modern (1908) reconstruction of it. It uses wood cuts from the original 15th Century version and adds various texts from 16th and 17th Century sources. (Couplets by Tusser ‘Five Hundred Parts of Good Husbandrie 1599. Text descriptions of the month from Nicholas Breton’s ‘Fantasticks of 1626.) This provides an interesting view of what was going on in the countryside every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on the Kalendar look at my post here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original Kalendar can be read here: https:\/\/wellcomecollection.org\/works\/f4824s6t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see the full Kalendar, go here:<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kalendar of Shepherds has an illustration for each month (December above) which shows typical activities for the time of year, and has inserts to identify the astrological signs of the month. So, in December they are baking and collecting firewood. The star signs are Sagittarius (November 22 \u2013 December 21) and Capricorn <\/strong>(December 22 \u2013 January 19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text below gives a vivid description of December weather and then elaborates on the last six years of a man’s life, with hair going white, body ‘crooked and feeble’. The conceit here is that there are twelve months of the year, and a man’s lot of ‘Six score years and ten’ is allocated six years to each month. So December is not just about the 12th months of the Year but also the last six years of a person’s allotted span. The piece allows the option of living beyond 72, ‘and if he lives any more, it is by his good guiding and dieting in his youth.’ Good advice, as we now know. But living to 100 is open to but few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kalendar of Shepherds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The longer description of December (shown below) is by Breton (1626) and gives a detailed look at the excesses of Christmas, who is on holiday, and who working particularly hard. But it concludes it is a costly month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Breton’s ‘Fantasticks of 1626 – December<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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