225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Book of Hours
Brittany, France, ca. 1440-1450 ; Paris, France, ca. 1500-1510
MS M.117 fol. 69v
Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, seated before Cloth of Honor (?), holds in her lap nude Christ Child, nimbed, with arms extended toward vessel held by kneeling magus. Behind the magus stand the other two magi, both crowned and holding cross-surmounted vessels. Miniature framed by columns.
Margins with foliate ornament, including strawberries.
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