Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, perhaps Bourges, ca. 1522
MS M.1135. Fol. 075v

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Christ: Nativity --Before ox and ass (only heads visible), Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, kneels with joined hands extended toward Christ Child, nude, reclining on draped straw mattress, beside Joseph the Carpenter, with right hand raised and holding staff in left hand; bundle of twigs in foreground.
Scene in open building, with angel hovering above buildings and broken column in background.