Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, possibly Paris or Angers, ca. 1435
MS M.241 fol. 91r

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Miniature:
Christ: Presentation -- Prophetess Anna, nimbed, holding candle, stands behind Virgin Mary, decorated nimbus, kneeling, extending Christ Child, cross-nimbed, swaddled, across draped altar toward extended hands of Simeon, rayed nimbus, wearing High Priest's miter.
Margins:
Foliate border.