Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, Ferrara, ca. 1480
MS M.187 fol. 48r

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Christ: Presentation -- Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, stands behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, hands extended toward nude Christ Child, nimbed, standing on altar. Simeon of Jerusalem, nimbed and tonsured, wearing cassock and surplice, holding left leg of Christ Child. Man stands behind Simeon.
Scene in initial D in temple or church with apse.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by bird, two rabbits, and by monkey sitting next to plant, holding fruit.