Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours or Paris, between ca. 1490-1510
MS M.291 fol. 40v

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Christ: Presentation -- Beneath canopy, Simeon of Jerusalem, nimbed, wearing cope with border decorated with statues in niches, stands at draped altar on which is miter with infulae. With draped hands, he holds nude Christ Child, nimbed, extending right hand toward Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, her hands draped, standing on opposite side of the altar. Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holding basket containing two doves, stands next to her. Next to Simeon, stands acolyte, tonsured, holding open book facing out. In background is crowd of men (?).
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy and bare tree limbs, and inhabited by bird, perching on one of the limbs, and butterfly.