Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1500
MS W.6 fol. 71r

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Christ: Presentation -- Simeon, nimbed, wearing conical hat, holds, with both hands, nude Christ Child on altar draped with cross-inscribed cloth. Virgin Mary, nimbed, hands raised, kneels before the altar, looking up toward Christ Child. Joseph the Carpenter, wearing hat, holding candle with right hand (?) and with left hand, basket in which are two doves stands next to Virgin Mary.
Scene in building with decorated wall and window.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including grapes.