Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Germany, around Halle, ca. 1220-1230
MS M.299 fol. 4v

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Christ: Presentation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, wearing cross-inscribed veil, grasps left wrist of cross-nimbed Christ Child held in draped arms of Simeon, nimbed, above draped altar on which is candle in candlestick.At right, Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holds two doves behind Simeon.
Decorated frame.