Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Ghent, 1420-1430
MS M.439 fol. 69v

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Magi: Adoration -- Two magi, crowned, gesturing, stand behind third magus, kneeling beside crown and holding vessel before infant Christ Child, with crossed nimbus, seated on lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed. Gold background. Scene in decorated initial D.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.