rīp-tīma

rīp-tīma, m.n: harvest-time (‘reap-time’). (REEP-TEE-ma / ˈɹiːp-ˌtiː-ma)

Medieval manuscript illustration of king sitting on a cloud with a sickle and the same king using the sickle to harvest grain, which an angel is pointing to.
Harvest of the Earth in the Getty Apocalypse. England (London?), c. 1255-1260. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig III 1, f. 29r. [getty.edu]

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