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RE-EDITION OF "THE BOOK
OF THE MAGI" BY JEAN HIDELSHEIM FROM 1364

(Spain, 20th c.)
Magos Foundation Collection

This work was considered in the Middle Ages as the reference biography on the Magi. Excerpt: “Balthazar owned the kingdom of Sheba…The three kings brought many gifts from their country, which they offered to the Holy Family with great wonder and extreme devotion: gifts given to Solomon by the Queen of Sheba, treasures of gold, silver, precious stones.”

THE GOLDEN COINS OFFERED BY THE MAGI WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO SALOMON AND THEN TO THE QUEEN OF SABA, ACCORDING TO A VERY POPULAR LEGEND IN THE MIDDLE AGES