Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1470
MS M.93 fol. 62v

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Christ: Presentation -- Two women, wearing headdresses, converse behind Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, holding nude Christ Child, cross nimbed, raising right hand in blessing. They stand in front of draped altar upon which is retable with image of Chirst (?) between two figures. On other end of the altar is Simeon, wearing hat and extending draped hands. Behind him are two male figures, wearing hats. Scene in vaulted room with three windows and portal open onto landscape setting.
Margins decorated with floreate border.