Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1520
MS M.632 fol. 65r

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Christ: Presentation -- Standing beneath canopy, behind draped altar, Simeon, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter and cope, holds, with draped hands, Christ child, rays as cross nimbus, nude. Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, stands before altar, her hands draped. Behind them are two acolytes, one holding book, Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holding candle, woman, nimbed and veiled, and Anna the Prophetess, nimbed and veiled, holding basket with two birds, with left hand.
Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, within Italianate architectural frame, decorated with foliate ornament, winged heads, foliate capitals, masks, putto holding ends of two foliate garlands.