I love nativities for their beauty and symbolism. This one is from an unknown Austrian artist ca 1400. Note the two young midwives and ox and ass, warming the manger with their breath….
Tempera on walnut, 41 x 29,5 cm
Galerie mittelalterlicher österreichischer Kunst, Vienna
Ronald Kauffman,
Sing a Joyful Song of Christmas
Gloria, gloria, hallelujah,
in excelsis Deo, gloria.
Gloria, gloria, hallelujah,
Christ the Lord is born.