Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, Rouen, or Tours, ca. 1520
MS M.290 fol. 36v

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Christ: Presentation -- Nude Christ Child, nimbed, stands on hexagonal altar, supported by Simeon of Jerusalem, wearing conical hat, standing behind the altar. They are flanked by Virgin Mary, nimbed, wearing headdress, with joined hands, and by Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holding crutch with right hand and two doves in fold of mantle with left hand.
Margins decorated with border of foliate and sculptural ornament in cama³aeu including lion mask and two addorsed sphinx, each with inner front leg resting on shield.