NOVEMBER 1

WELCOME, NOVEMBER!!

(Calendar scene for November: A hunting party returning from the chase; in the background, men flailing and winnowing corn, and a woman feeding pigs. (Below) A game of bowls. The Golf Book, Latin, produced in S. Netherlands (Bruges), 1520-1530, Workshop of Simon Bening)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On November 1, 1512, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, was exhibited to the public for the first time.

IT’S ALL SAINTS DAY

(Fra Angelico - Paradise detail, 1431-1435)