Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1470
MS M.93 fol. 59v

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Magi: Adoration -- Mary, nimbed, holds nude Christ Child, cross nimbed, arms extended toward eldest Magus, kneeling with left hand extended, beside crown on ground. Behind him are two other Magi, wearing crowns, one with right hand extended, holding vessel in left hand, and other with left hand extended, holding vessel in right hand. Scene in front of shed decorated with curtain and wall with portal. Landscape setting with water in distance.
Margins decorated with floreate border.