Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
Brixen, Austria, or Southern Germany 1235-ca. 1250
MS M.698r

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, raising left hand to face, reclines on mattress. Christ Child, nimbed, swaddled, glancing toward her, reclines in cave beside ox and ass. Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, seated on rock, rests head in left hand and glances toward Christ Child.