Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Reims, 1450-1475
MS H.4 fol. 20v

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneels with joined hands before nude infant Christ Child, nimbed, laying on ground. Opposite Virgin Mary kneels Joseph the Carpenter, wearing hat, holding lighted candle in left hand and shielding flame with right hand. In background, beneath roof of shed and before wattle fence are ox, laying down, and ass, with head near Christ Child.