JULY Labors of the month July are generally associated with reaping. The scene usually shows a man with a hand scythe cutting the grain. In some occasions, more than one man is shown and sometimes the sun in the background is used to convey the heat of the month. Even though the main occupation is the reaping, it is not uncommon for the scene to represent grain being stacked into bundles. Link to the "Labors of the month July" set. Link to the "Labors of the months" collection. Manuscript title: Book of Hours from Paris Origin: Paris (France) Period: 15th century Image source: Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 101, p. 8r – Book of Hours from Paris (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/utp/0101/8r)