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    Separating the wheat from the chaff

    Aug 04, 2021 2 minutes
    Illustration by Alan Baker

    PERCHED in her tempera heavens, Virgo watches August’s labour of the month: threshers separating grain from stalk on the threshing floor, others using a winnowing fan to remove the chaff. Virgo is depicted as a young woman holding a palm. A caption in red ink

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