Nativity; Adoration of the Magi

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1550
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Museum August Kestner, Hannover, Germany
Object Number
591
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner

Dimensions

Overall (diameter): 34mm (3.4 cm)

Description

Upper scene: Nativity with Annunciaton to the Shepherds in the background; lower scene: Adoration of the Magi with the magi following the star in the background

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:

HIC MIRO MORE VIRGO PARIT ABSQVE DOLORE [inner upper]

TRE TRIBVS ECCE MAGI DONIS CHRISTV[M] VENE[R]ATI [inner lower]

[Source: Rosenkränze und Seelengärten. Bildung und Frömmigkeit in niedersächsischen Frauenklöstern (Wiesbaden 2013)]

Published References

Moritz Jäger. Das Rosenkranzgebet: Texte, Bilder und Objekte aus niersächsiischen Frauenklöstern in Rösenkränze und Seelengärten. Bildung und Frömmigkeit in niedersächsischen Frauenklöstern (Wiesbaden 2013)

Provenance

Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted

Subjects

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