Description
Cradle of the Nativity in carved, polychromed, and gilded wood, decorated with cherub heads, friezes, and foliated scrolls.
Around the edge runs an inscription:
“O MAGNVM MINISTERIVM ADMIRABILE SACRAMENTUM DAILIA VIDERET”
The inscription echoes the Gregorian chant of Christmas Matins:
O great mystery and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord lying in a manger!