above or incorporated in a sculpture or relief illustrating a monthly labour. A few sculpted examples of the many surviving are: Chartres cathedral: west and north portal archivolts Notre Dame, Paris: northern doorjambs of the west façade (Portal of the Virgin), and a stained glass Zodiacs, labours, vices and virtues cycle filling the west rose window Vezelay Abbey: Archivolt of main west basilica doorway Autun Cathedral: Archivolt of main west cathedral doorway Ferrara Cathedral Saint Mark's, Venice: main portal San Zeno di Verona: façade Lucca Cathedral: large bas-relief panels with little Zodial signs, to the right and left of the main facade door Fontana Maggiore, Perugia: relief panels showing monthly labours are amongst those surrounding the lower basin of the great fountain in front of the Duomo Otranto Cathedral: Zodiac signs and labours form part of the mosaic scenes which cover the entire floor Canterbury Cathedral: Zodiac signs and monthly labours are amongst the subjects illustrated in large inlaid marble floor medallions on the edge of the Trinity Chapel close to where the shrine of Saint Thomas (Becket) was located St Augustine's Church, Brookland, Kent: large cylindrical lead font with reliefs of both Zodiac signs and monthly labours—a rare example in the UK both of such a font and of the combination of zodiac signs and monthly labours Carlisle Cathedral: the foliate capitals of the twelve piers of the choir each contain a figure representing one of the labours of the months Stained glass The Labours of the months often occur in those rose windows that are dedicated to the Creation, the circular nature of the window suiting the cyclic theme. In these windows, the months are part of a complex iconographical scheme. Other windows have the Labours of the Months specifically as their subject matter. Basilica of Saint Denis : rose window of Creation in the north transept. Chartres Cathedral : "Labours of the Months" window in south ambulatory References Citations Sources Time in the Medieval World - Occupations of the Months and Signs of the Zodiac in the Index of Christian Art; Edited by Colum Hourihane - 328 pages | 656 illustrations | 2006 - | cloth - | paper J. C. Webster, The Labors of the Months in Antique and Mediaeval Art to the End of the Twelfth Century (Princeton, 1938). Bridget Ann Henisch, The Medieval Calendar Year (Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1999). External links Podtours site