Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500-1515
M.58 fol. 36r

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Magi: Adoration -- Eldest Magus, holding chalice with right hand, kneels before Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, seated with nude Christ Child, crossed nimbus, reclining on her lap. The other two Magi, crowned, stand in background, raising covered vessels in right hands.
Scene partially beneath roof supported by timbers; ass and ox behind head of Mary.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including heart shapes enclosing roses, cornflowers, and other flowers, and inhabited by butterfly and bird.