Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1400-1410
MS M.1068.2r

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, sits on bed with pillow and with right hand touching His face, holds swaddled infant Christ Child, with crossed nimbus. To right sits Joseph the Carpenter, seated on chair, with right hand supporting his chin. Scene within shed with thatched roof, low wattle wall, and ox and ass at manger. Scene with diapered background.