Judas Machabeus, Nativity of Christ (image 16)

Description

The roundel at top left depicts Judas Machabeus (30). The artist has user a generic warrior model, almost identical to that used for Joshua (15) and Alexander (29). The roundel below it depicts the scene of Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary, clad in blue, and Joseph in red, kneel around the Christ-child. The town of Nazareth can be seen in the distance, and the ox and the ass look upon the scene. Context: History of the world: Biblical history; European history

Metadata

Identifier fg7h15n9
IRN 372764
Class Mark BC MS 100/16
Level Piece
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/fg7h15n9
Collection(s) Medieval Manuscripts
Category Archive Manuscript
Parent Record [Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]
Date [ca. 1461-1483]

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