Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, probably Milan, ca. 1470
MS M.454 fol. 217r

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Holy Family -- Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, wearing hooded cape, holding crutch with left hand, Christ Child, nimbed, walking beside Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, holding His left wrist with her right hand.
Scene in landscape with trees and hills in distance.
Margins decorated with gold and with border of floreate ornament growing from vase in lower margin.