Excerpt from The Dream of the MagiAT Como, in the old church of Sant Abbondio, there is a fourteenth century picture that the guide-book describes as an unusual subject, showing the Magi in their beds. Painters have portrayed them kneel ing in adoration before the babe of Bethlehem, with ox and ass looking benignly down in equal adoration from their stalls. Outside their horses wait, held by their attendants, horses such as the painters of the Ferrara school have dreamed of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.