Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Reims, 1450-1475
MS H.4 fol. 26v

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Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, sits and holds in her lap nude infant Christ Child, nimbed. Holding the feet of the Christ Child is kneeling magus, with hat-like crown on ground beside him. Behind him stand other two magi, both wearing hat-like crowns and holding vessels, including one shaped like horn. Shed surmounted by star behind Virgin Mary. Diapered background. Margins with floreate ornament.