Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 16v

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Christ: Presentation -- Man, possibly Joseph the Carpenter, and Prophetess Anna (?), nimbed, wearing turban-like headdress, stand behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneeling before draped altar and extending in both hands nude Christ Child, nimbed. Behind the altar stands Simeon, nimbed, wearing headdress, with hands draped in embroidered cloth. In background is pilaster and paneled walls with engaged pilasters.
Miniature enclosed in frame with foliate and geometric ornament.
Vignette in lower margin:
Christ: Flight into Egypt, Miracle of Cornfield -- Armored soldiers with helmets and spears stand with man, gesturing toward cornfield. To right, holding swaddled Christ Child, with crossed rays as nimbus, is Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, seated on ass. Beside ass stands Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, wearing hat.
Vignette executed in cama³aeu.