Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1500-1515
MS M.276 fol. 37v

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Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated beneath canopy, holds in her lap nude infant Christ Child, nimbed. Before them kneels magus, as old man, with ermine-trimmed garments, with joined hands raised, beside vessel on ground. Behind stand other two magi, including one wearing turban-like headdress, holding globe in left hand and with right hand indicating cloud in sky; and the third magus, holding vessel in right hand and indicating the cloud with his left hand.
Miniature enclosed in architectural frame.
Margins with floreate ornament. In lower margin are two figures, emerging from flowers, including helmeted knight with raised sword in right hand and hooded man.