Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 72r

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Christ: Presentation -- Prophetess Anna, holding basket with three doves in right hand and candlestick in left hand, stands behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding nude Christ Child, wearing crossed nimbus, before draped altar. On other side of altar is Simeon, wearing miter, extending arms toward the Christ Child. Scene in vaulted room with seven windows.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including columbines and strawberries, inhabited by moths, birds, and peacocks.