Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
MS M.30 fol. 92v

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Magi: Adoration -- Eldest Magus kneels holding open casket before nude Christ Child, crossed nimbus, extending His arms, standing on lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed. Hat with crown of the Magus is in foreground. Other two Magi, wearing headgear with crowns stand behind first Magus, holding covered vessels, one indicating toward right with left hand.
Scene under shed (?) roof, with landscape in distance. Miniature in grisaille with gold and color detail.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament, in grisaille with color detail.