Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Tournai, ca. 1470
MS M.316 fol. 71v

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Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, holds in her arms Christ Child, cross-nimbed, nude, right hand extended toward eldest Magus, kneeling, wearing ermine mantle, and offering bucket with gold objects, his hat on ground before him. At left, youngest Magus stands with vessel in left hand and right hand raised. At right, Joseph the Carpenter stands behind Virgin Mary next to middle-aged Magus, wearing hat, with vessel in left hand and right hand raised. Star of Bethlehem, rayed, appears in sky above.
Scene beneath shed with thatched roof with gable, all within decorated frame.