Announcement to the shepherds

Unknown (Flemish)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Flanders
School:
Flemish

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 90bis (Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis)]f. 46v

Description

In the background of a landscape with a castle, two shepherds and a young shepherdess receive from an angel the announcement of 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

3275