page_title: July
section_title: Observances
hierarchical_section_title: July / Observances
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Les travaux du mois de juillet représentent la moisson et la tonte des moutons. Deux personnages fauchent les blés à l'aide d'un volant et d'une baguette. Un volant est une longue faucille ouverte dont le manche fait angle avec le plat de la lame. À l'aide de la baguette, ils dégagent un paquet de tiges qu'ils coupent en lançant le volant. Les moissonneurs avancent de l'extérieur de la parcelle en se dirigeant vers son centre en tournant. L'un d'entre eux porte une pierre à aiguiser à la ceinture. Deux autres personnages, dont une femme, coupent la laine des moutons à l'aide de forces. Exception faite des montagnes imaginaires, le paysage représente, au premier plan, la rivière Boivre se jetant dans le Clain, à proximité du palais comtal de Poitiers.
context_page_description: July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the 10-month calendar.
  It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.
  "Dog days" are considered to begin in early July in the Northern Hemisphere, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts. Spring lambs born in late winter or early spring are usually sold before 1 July.
  July is the traditional period known as "fence month," the closed season for deer in England. The end of England's High Court of Justice Trinity Term takes place on 31 July.
context_section_description: Season of Emancipation 14 April to 23 August (Barbados)
  Honor America Days: 14 June to 4 July (United States)
caption: July, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
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