Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Brussels, ca. 1540
MS M.696 fol. 41r

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Nude Christ Child, with rays as nimbus and swirling mantle behind Him, sits on cushion with right hand raised and holds cross-surmounted tripartite globe in left hand. Around him, in ring of clouds, are seven nimbed cherubs, including four playing musical instruments (trumpet, horn, viol, and harp).
Text and miniature enclosed in classicizing architectural frame, with top plaque inscribed IHS.