Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1500
MS W.6 fol. 61r

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Christ: Nativity -- Nude Christ Child, nimbed, lies amid rays on lower edge of mantle of Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling, looking down toward Him. Rays descend toward Christ Child from star. Next to Him are ox and ass; Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, shielding with right hand candle held with left hand looks through window toward Virgin Mary. Cloth hangs over lower edge of the window.
Scene in structure with hole in roof and open to exterior.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including viola, grapes and daisy.