Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
Spain, Valencia, ca. 1468
M.450 fol. 4v

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneels looking down toward nude Christ Child, nimbed, raising right hand, reclining amid rays. Joseph the Carpenter, scalloped nimbus, kneels on one knee, raising right hand, holding crutch with left hand. Heads of ass and ox are visible behind manger in background. All are in roofed brick structure.
Scene within initial P decorated with bound bunches of leaves.