Book Title: Officium B. Mariæ Virginis [ex bulla sanctissimi D.N. Papæ Pii V.]

Author: Catholic Church

Image Title: May

Description: The fifth calendar engraving depicts the month of May. The image shows a spring scene with a man leading two oxen. Another man uses an ax. The men appear to be using the ox to plow the ground. The zodiac symbol Taurus is depicted in the sky. The artist, Jacques Stella (1596-1657), and the engraver, H. David, are responsible for the etching.

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