Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1460-1470
MS W.28 fol. 108v

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Christ: Nativity -- Nude Christ Child, nimbed, reclines on ground amid gold rays. He is surrounded by angel, with joined hands, Joseph the Carpenter, with joined hands, kneeling at His head and by Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling below canopy (?), her mantle fallen to ground, and looking toward Him. Rays descend from cloud toward Christ Child.
Scene in opening of shed with thatched roof; landscape in background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.