Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470-1475
MS W.31 fol. 60v

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Christ: Nativity -- Nude Christ Child, amid rays, reclines on cloth. Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneels looking at Him. Ass and ox look through opening behind her. Joseph the Carpenter stands at His head, holding candle with left hand and shielding flame with right hand.
Scene partially under ruined shed roof, with wattle fence in foreground and city wall (?) in background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.