Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500-1515
M.58 fol. 30v

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Christ: Nativity -- Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, wearing hood, leaning on crutch, kneels behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling. She looks down toward nude Christ Child, nimbed, reclining on straw. Ox and ass look on. Two men, one wearing hood and holding staff, are in background, right.
Scene below roof supported by wood timbers.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy and cornflower, and inhabited by two birds.