Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Paris, ca. 1500-1510
MS W.30 fol. 72r

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Christ: Presentation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled with wimple, with draped hands, kneels (?) before draped altar. Beneath canopy, Simeon, nimbed, wearing conical hat or miter, holds with draped hands, nude Christ Child on the altar. Anna the Prophetess, wearing headdress, holding candle stands behind Virgin Mary. Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, with basket containing two doves, stands next to Simeon.
Margins decorated with border of blocks of floreate ornament including daisy, and inhabited by butterfly and bird.