Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Compilatio historiarum totius Bibliae et historiarum scholasticarum
Austria, ca. 1420
MS M.192 fol. 33v

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Christ: Nativity -- Ox and ass feed from manger. Before manger, nude Christ Child, crossed nimbus, reclines on woven mat, arms extended, looking toward Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneeling, hands raised. Behind her Joseph the Carpenter, holding spoon with right hand and pot in left hand, is cooking over fire. All are beneath roof, with wattle fence in background.
Below medallion is diagram of ancestors, siblings and offspring of Joseph the Carpenter and Virgin Mary.