MS Hunter 229 f.2r March, from the Hunterian Psalter, c.1170 (pen & ink and tempera...

March: in the historiated K a man, in red mantle, bare legs and black boots, digs at the root of a tree with a white wooden spade shod with iron. On the same page, bordered as above, the sign of Aries presents a grey ram with green spiral horns, on a red background with white tracery. Content: Kalendarivm. Psalterivm. Litania. Preces Qvaedam. Known as Hunterian Psalter, formerly as York Psalter. Beautifully written in one hand; 13 full-page pictures, one full-page illumination, gilt, historiated or illuminated initials begin the first verse of each Psalm