Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1390-1400
MS M.141 fol. 60v

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Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and crowned, seated on bench, holds Christ Child, crossed nimbus, standing on her lap. H extends right hand toward kneeling Magus, extending covered cup with left hand. Of two other Magi, crowned, one indicates toward arc of Heaven. Both hold covered cup with left hand.
Miniature in framed barbed quatrefoil. Initial D with foliate ornament. In margins, rectilinear bars with foliate ornament.