Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, perhaps Lombardy or Romagna, late 14th to early 15th century
MS M.3 fol. 9v

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Miniature:
Christ: Nativity -- Within cave, Virgin Mary, nimbed, lies on mattress beside ox and ass, heads visible above manger. Below, two midwives bathe Christ Child, nimbed, nude, standing in basin, rays of light falling on him from above. Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, looks on.
Initial:
Below miniature, Isaiah, nimbed, raising right hand and holding scroll in left hand inscribed YSAS PUER NATUS EST NOBIS (from Isaiah 9:6), appears within initial D decorated with foliate ornament.