Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1473
MS M.677 fol. 123v

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Adoration of Magi -- Within stable with wooden roof and brick walls, three crowned Magi, two holding gold vessels, kneel before Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated on canopied bed. She holds partially swaddled Christ-Child, facing Magi, on lap. Ox and ass, facing away, are to left of figures. At right, Joseph the Carpenter, holding stick, bends forward.