weorc-līc

weorc-līc, adj: working, busy. (WEH-ork-leech / ˈwɛɔrk-liːtʃ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a group of tonsured men, one of whom has a halo and an open book, sitting beside eleven ants that are carrying small objects (perhaps grain) across the ground.
Vitae patrum; Italy (Naples), between 1350 and 1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.625, f. 30v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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