Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500-1515
M.58 fol. 38v

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Christ: Presentation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, holds with draped hands nude Christ Child, crossed nimbus, over altar (?). Simeon, nimbed, wearing miter, on opposite side of the altar, extends hands draped with same cloth. Joseph the Carpenter stands behind Mary; Holy Woman, nimbed, wearing headdress, is next to Mary. Two men, wearing hats, are in background.
Scene in vaulted interior decorated with architectural ornament.
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament including thistle and viola, and inhabited by butterfly.