Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.219 fol. 99v

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Magi: Adoration -- Two magi, wearing crowns and holding covered vessels, one indicating rays descending from above with left hand, stand behind kneeling magus, beside vessel on ground, with joined hands raised to nude Christ Child, nimbed, held in lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated beneath shed.
Miniature enclosed in architectural frame.
Upper, left, and lower margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament. Bird in left margin.