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The Nativity; Sacramentary, about 1025-1050. Creator: Unknown.

The Nativity; Sacramentary, about 1025-1050. Creator: Unknown.

3-040-097 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Nativity; Sacramentary, about 1025-1050. Additional Info:The Virgin Mary reclines on a large, luxurious bed while the newborn Jesus rests in a cradle behind and Joseph sits at the right, lost in thought. This Nativity is set in a cave, evoking the site in Bethlehem that pilgrims revered as the place of Jesus' birth. Six angels peer over the entrance to the cave to see the baby Jesus within. In the top half of the miniature, an angel announces the birth of the Messiah to two shepherds tending their animals against a striped background of green and blue, meant to evoke grass and the sky.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Virgin Mary: Judean: Saint
  2. St Joseph: (Judean?): Carpenter
  3. Jesus Christ: Judean: Prophet
Medium
  1. Gold
  2. Tempera colours and gold
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Verso
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3341x4960
File Size : 48,549kb

Aliases

  1. 83.MF.77.18v
  1. Ms. Ludwig V 2 (83.MF.77), fol. 18v
  1. 1200003214
  1. 3-040-097
  1. 3040097
  1. 83.MF.77.18v

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