Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Italy, Florence, ca. 1320
MS M.643 fol. 3r

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Christ: Nativity -- Three nimbed angels appear behind mountains. Ox and ass in grotto peer behind Christ Child, cross-nimbed, swaddled, in crib.
Virgin Mary, nimbed, wearing cross-inscribed veil, reclines on mattress, with her head turned away. Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, sits on ground.
Decorated frame.