hyse-cild

hyse-cild, n.n: a male child. (HUE-zuh-CHILLD / ˈhy-zə-ˌtʃɪld)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed virgin Mary pointing to baby Jesus, eyes open, in a manger, with a donkey and a cow licking his body; a star shape hovers between the baby and an angel directly above.
Nativity scene in the St Albans Psalter; England, c. 1130; Hildesheim (Germany), Dombibliothek, MS St. Godehard 1, p. 21. [blogs.getty.edu]

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