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Book of hours (MS M.187). Ferrara, Italy, ca. 1480. 		Next page »
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Description of MS M.187 fol. 44v
Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, is seated, holding nude Christ Child, nimbed, on her lap. Eldest Magus kneels before them, holding right foot of Christ Child. The other two Magi, crowned (?), stand, holding vessels. Star is in sky above them.
Scene in initial D, in landscape with hills in distance.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by butterfly, rabbit, and deer.


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