Announcement to the shepherds

Unknown (Venetian)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
late 15th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Venezia (Italia)

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 85 (Book of Hours of Louis of Orleans)]f. 52v

Description

Enclosed in an aedicule-shaped frame, three shepherds in a wild landscape look at the sky where an angel with a scroll announces the birth of 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

3274