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The illustration for June from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr. chrysoberyl Pearl
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The illustration for June from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.
The illustration for June from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

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June, sixth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Juno, the Roman goddess of childbirth and fertility.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.
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