Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours or Paris, between ca. 1490-1510
MS M.291 fol. 32r

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Christ: Nativity -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, with joined hands extended, stands at side of manger on which nude Christ Child, nimbed, reclines amid rays. Ox stands at His feet; ass stands at His head. Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holding lantern with both hands stands behind ass.
Scene in shed with window and hole in roof through which rays stream.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including viola and daisy, and inhabited by two birds.