The "4 Ages of Man" Folio

[Koen G]

So this is potentially interesting, but I know very little about these subjects, so I'll just share it as is:

   

The picture of the Jewish figure only came with the following information on the wiki (it looks like a scanned illustration from a printed book):

This figure, in a detail of a medieval Hebrew calendar, reminded Jews of the palm branch (Lulav), the myrtle twigs, the willow branches, and the citron (Etrog) to be held in the hand and to be brought to the synagogue during the holiday of sukkot, near the end of the autumn holiday season.

It would be useful to find the actual calendar where it came from.

The figure's attributes, however, reminded me of another figure in one of the roundels on the large foldout. Since these are at times assumed to be related to the seasons or some form of marking the time, I wonder whether the reference to sukkot might be relevant.

On the citron:
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