Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Tournai, 1480s
MS M.234 fol. 80v

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Christ: Presentation -- Nude Christ Child, nimbed, is seated on round, draped altar, flanked by Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding Him around the waist, and Simeon of Jerusalem, wearing cope, holding right arm of Christ Child with his right hand and touching His left foot with his left hand. Behind Simeon, monk or acolyte holds papal tiara. Joseph the Carpenter, holding dove in right hand and crutch with left hand stands before altar. Also around altar are three women, one wearing headdress, with joined hands, one veiled, facing first woman and touching her left arm, the third woman wearing headdress with jewel, and one man.
Scene in church with windows, arcade and tile floor.
Margins decorated with floreate border including rose.