Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1480
MS M.6 fol. 44v

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Magi: Adoration -- Three men, all wearing hats, stand behind two standing magi, both crowned and holding vessels, beside canopied bed upon which rests vessel. The third magus kneels before partially draped Christ Child, with rays as nimbus, held on lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled. Behind her stands Joseph the Carpenter, wearing hood, holding hat in right hand and staff in left hand. Scene within ruined building with arches and columns. In background is distant landscape.
Lower margin decorated with scattered flowers, including daisy, strawberry, and columbine.