Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 15r

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Christ: Presentation -- Woman, possibly Prophetess Anna, nimbed, wearing headdress, stands behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled. Before Virgin Mary is Simeon, nimbed, wearing hat resembling bishop's miter, extending draped hands to nude Christ Child, with crossed rays as nimbus.
Miniature executed in cama³aeu.
Margins with foliate ornament; in right margin is snail.