Adoration of the Child

Unknown (French)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
early 16th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
France
School:
French school

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 76 (Book of Hours of Guillaume de Trestondans)]f. 63v

Description

The miniature hosts four different scenes separated by a very complicated architectural frame; three of them represent shepherds and sheep, the fourth the adoration of the Child.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]

Bibliographic references

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

3273