Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1490
MS M.380 fol. 61r

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Christ: Presentation -- Within temple, Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holding basket of doves, supporting himself with cane, stands behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneeling at draped altar on which is miter. Opposite, Simeon, nimbed, holds in draped hands Christ Child, nimbed, nude.
Three men, standing beside altar, hold candles.
Temple filled with crowd of people.
Miniature and text framed by foliate border decorated with flowers.
Initial D decorated with foliate ornament begins None of the Hours of the Virgin.