Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Prayer book
France, Paris, ca. 1490
MS H.3 fol. 182r

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Upper miniature:
Three Magi, one crowned, two wearing hats with crowns, each hold object, two cross-surmounted, resembling reliquaries, third holding covered jar. Star in sky.
Lower miniature:
Martyrs of Mount Ararat, nimbed, wearing armor, most only partially visible, three holding tau-crosses, two holding scourges.