Keywords: Nativity and Magi Byzantine ivory.png Panel with the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi Holy Land first half of the 6th century AD<br> From a monastery in Thessaly where it was framed as an icon<br> The panel probably once part of a large diptych leaf shows the Virgin and infant Christ attended by the three Magi wise men and an angel Below the Virgin reclines on a mattress while the Child lies in the manger between the ox and the ass with the Star of Bethlehem above <br>In front of the manger a kneeling woman holds out her withered hand towards the infant Christ The legend of Salome who had her hand withered for doubting Mary's virginity is told in the apocryphal Gospel of James The story was later applied to a midwife <br> On the back of the panel is a prayer written in a 12th century Greek hand Height 21 7 cm in on Width 12 4 cm in on Depth 1 2 cm in on Room 41 Museum British Museum Author Richardprins Byzantine ivory Room 41 British Museum Reliefs of the Adoration of the Magi Reliefs of the nativity of Jesus Christ Icons of the nativity of Jesus Christ Kneeling in prayer in art |