Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
Italy, Milan, ca. 1413
MS M.937 fol. 20v

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands raised, sits beside Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, seated, holding staff in left had and resting head on crossed hands. Behind them is swaddled Christ Child, nimbed, in manger. Behind are ass and ox (heads only). Scene in landscape setting, within decorated initial P.