Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1500
MS H.1 fol. 35v

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Solomon: visited by Queen of Sheba -- Solomon, name inscribed SALOMON, wearing crown on hat, raising right hand, holding scepter with left hand is seated on canopied throne with footrest. Man wearing hat, holding scroll with left hand stands next to the throne. Queen of Sheba, name inscribed LA ROYNE DE SABRA, wearing crown on hat, holding covered vessel with both hands, kneels before Solomon. Two women wearing headdresses, one raising right hand, the other carrying locked casket with handle stand behind her.
Interior scene decorated with architectural ornament and pseudo-inscription, with window or door through which distant landscape is visible.