Walters MS W.88 is a very early (1300-1310) French book of hours with some unusual quirks. The text of the calendar is in Norman French, some characteristic words being "Veske" (Evesque) for Bishop and the article "Li". It has some very specific saints to the area of Cambrai, such as both the feast and the octave of St. Gaugericus (August 11 and 18th -- f.11r below), and some more broadly "French" feasts, such as new-years day instead of the Circumcision. Each month has two vignettes for the labor of the month, many a bit more clever than the average, like the drinking harvester at the bottom of 11r below.
(DB ID: 182)
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