Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Paris, ca. 1490
MS M.1080 fol. 69r

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Christ: Presentation -- Simeon, wearing miter and vestments, stands behind draped altar on which reclines nude Christ Child. Virgin Mary, with joined hands raised, kneels before the altar. Joseph the Carpenter and Anna the Prophetess, wearing hat, holding candle with right hand and basket containing two doves with left hand. Simeon stands amid three men, one wearing knotted headgear, extending right hand to the altar; one wearing hat or hood; and one wearing turban-like hat, raising both hands.
Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament. All enclosed in architectural frame. At base of each column, half-figure of prophet, wearing hat, holding scroll with pseudo-inscription.