Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Italy, Padua, 1436
MS M.180 fol. 21v

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Christ: Circumcision -- Nude Christ Child, crossed rayed nimbus, raising right hand, stands on hexagonal altar. He is flanked by Mohel, rayed nimbus, circumcising Him and another man, head partially draped, holding Christ Child. All below lamp within open domed building with three arches supported by four colonnettes. Looking on are Virgin Mary, another woman and man, all nimbed.
Buildings are in background, one surmounted by scaffolding.
Beginning of Gospel reading for feast of Circumcision, January 1.