Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 46v

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Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated before cloth of honor, holds in her lap nude Christ Child. Before Him kneels magus, holding his crown in left hand and covered vessel in right hand. Flanking the Virgin are other two magi, both crowned and holding covered vessels, and Joseph the Carpenter, with joined hands raised. Scene beneath roof of shed with dormer window.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament, round patterns, inhabited by moth and bird.