Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1460-1470
MS W.28 fol. 122v

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Magi: Adoration -- Magus, extending gold vessel with right hand, kneels before Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated below canopy, holding with both hands Christ Child, nimbed, on her lap. The other Magi, crowned, holding covered gold chalices, one wearing turban, and the other headgear, stand behind the first.
Scene in shed; landscape visible in distance.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.