Weather on Medieval

Portals of the Mediterranean

Sofija Sorić

University of Zadar

Girona, Tapís de la creació, 11th/12th century

January Ianus bifrons, sitting by the fire, feasting

Parma Arezzo

Trogir Tarragona

February

sitting by the fire, pruning trees, digging, fishing

Tarragona Venice

Parma Peruggia Trogir

March pruning trees, digging, Martius cornator, Marte guerriero, spinario

Otranto

Ripoll

Ferrara

"...de presso piglia la tuba ser Marzo pregonatore/ e corre de qua e là,

fazando gran rumore"

(Bonvesin de la Riva, Tractato dei Mesi, fine sec.XIII)

Venice Ferrara

Trogir

April planting, enjoying a country, picking flowers, sheare (of sheep)

Arezzo

Ripoll

Trogir

May

mounted knight, courtly love, picking fruits

Arezzo

Ripoll Otranto

June

hay harvest

Ripoll

Venice

Parma

July wheat harvest, grain treshing

Ripoll Parma

Otranto

August wheat treshing, preparing barrels for wine, resting

Arezzo Ripoll

Tarragona Venice

September grape harvest, winemaking

Parma

Ripoll

Venice Otranto

October ploughing or sowing

Arezzo

Tarragona

Venice

November feeding pigs, killing pigs, picking beets,

ploughing, sowing

Ripoll

Modena

Lucca

Arezzo

Tarragona

December

killing pigs, cooking, gathering woods

Arezzo

Parma

Modena