Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 14r

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Magi: beholding Star -- Three magi, all wearing crowns, stand. Two gesture toward star and the third holds covered vessel in left hand.
Miniature executed in cama³aeu.
Tree branches as line endings.
Margins with foliate ornament, including thistles.