Nativity of Christ

Predis, Cristoforo de (ca. 1440-before 1486)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
1476
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Milano

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 124]39r

Description

In the Bethlehem stable, the Virgin, St. Joseph, shepherds and many angels singing and playing instruments while worshiping the Child, while God the Father looks from above.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
St. Joseph (born late 1st century BCE, died 1st century CE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Harp [3285]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Riflessi della Milano musicale sforzesca nel codice Varia 124 della Biblioteca Reale di Torino", Music in Art 33/1-2 (2008) 30-37. RILM 2008-06212.

Santarelli, Cristina. “Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi”, Miscellanea di studi (Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte) 6 (2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3259