Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1490
MS S.1 fol. 29v

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, with rays as nimbus, kneels with joined hands before nude infant Christ Child, emanating rays, laying on ground. Beside Mary kneel two angels, with joined hands, and Joseph the Carpenter, with hands raised. Ruined shed with thatched roof in background.
Margins with vinescroll and floreate ornament, inhabited by bird.