Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges, ca. 1465
MS S.6 fol. 108v

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneels with joined hands raised before nude infant Christ Child, nimbed, emanating rays, laying on her mantle on the ground. Opposite Mary kneels Joseph the Carpenter, holding lighted candle in right hand and crutch in left hand. In background are ox and ass at manger in shed, and two shepherds (?), standing behind fence.
Margins with floreate ornament.