Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 30v

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Christ: Presentation -- Two figures, including Joseph the Carpenter, stand behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding nude nimbed Christ Child. Simeon of Jerusalem, nimbed, wearing bishops' miter and vestments, extends draped hands toward the Christ Child.
Miniature executed in cama³aeu.
Margins with foliate ornament in diamond-patterned grid. In left margin is winged fantastic animal.