Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 91v

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Upper vignette:
Solomon: bringing Daughter of Pharaoh to his House -- Solomon and Daughter of Pharaoh, both wearing crowns, clasp right hands (espousal). Behind them is priest, wearing miter and raising right hand in blessing, surrounded by three men and two women, all wearing hats. Scene takes place in front of arch of portal.
Lower vignette:
Rehoboam: Birth (?) -- Daughter of Pharaoh, wearing headdress, reclines in bed beneath canopy. In foreground, woman, wearing hat, holds nude infant Rehoboam (?) in basin, beside second woman, wearing hat, with right hand extended. In background are two men, wearing hats, with hands raised.
Caption between vignettes reads, LA ROYNE D'EGIPTO (?) POIU FEMME PRIANT SALOMO(N) ET ENFANTA AMAINS QUE LA(M) LA BONNE DAME DONC TOUT LE PEUPLE SE SPOU(N)ATA.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including thistles, cornflowers, and grapevines, inhabited by monkey playing hurdy-gurdy. Scroll with pseudo-inscription in right margin.
Head of fantastic animal, fly, and flowers in three separate decorated initials Q.