Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 65v

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneels with joined hands raised before nude infant Christ Child, emanating rays, laying on ground between the Virgin and Joseph the Carpenter, holding candle in right hand and staff in left hand, kneeling on one knee. Scene in room with landscape visible through arched window.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament. In lower margin is helmeted soldier, holding halberd in right hand and banner with arms of Sivry (barry of twelve argent and azure an estoile or) in left hand.