Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, 1450-1475
MS M.56 fol. 52r

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, kneels with joined hands raised to swaddled Christ Child, laying on straw in manger, beside which are ox, laying down, and ass, standing and braying, all within shed. Behind Mary sits Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, sleeping with head on left hand. Scene within initial D decorated with foliate ornament and two cherubs.
Margins decorated with foliate ornament. In lower right corner is vase with greenery.