Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 9v

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1) Christ: Presentation -- Christ Child, cross-nimbed, raises right hand in blessing, holds open book in left hand, and stands on draped altar, held by Simeon with draped hands and by Joseph the Carpenter wearing conical hat, all flanked by female attendant wearing berbette and holding candle and Anna, Prophetess, veiled, holding basket of two doves. Virgin Mary absent.
2) Christ: among Doctors -- Beside tree, youthful Christ Child, cross-nimbed, sits on bench on column base (column-bench), raises right forefinger to His left palm, addressing five doctors wearing pointed hats, two seated, holding scrolls, including the foremost raising right hand to his inclined head.
Gold backgrounds with decorated frames.
Miniature on verso facing French Walloon poem on recto (Sinclair, no. III)