Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1490-1500
MS M.9 fol. 61r

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Christ: Nativity -- Within stable, Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, half-figure, and Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, half-figure, joined hands raised, are before Christ Child, rays as nimbus, nude. Ox and ass (only heads visible) look on.
Text framed by foliate border in upper and left margin.