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All twelve months of the year are depicted in roundels as Labours of the Month. Below them on the right is the sign of the Zodiac. All the calendrical numbers and letters are explained under Keeping Time, the selection of saints is discussed under Feast Days, and the various scribes under Scribes.

In May, a man holds a falcon. The sign is Gemini. Above the roundel is a partly trimmed scribal notation in black ink.

Note that the word pape (pope) has been erased after St Urban, indicating that the manuscript was still in England after the Reformation. The dedication of the church of Holy Trinity is added on 27th May.

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