Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, 1450-1475
MS M.56 fol. 69r

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Christ: Presentation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, and Simeon (?), nimbed, kneel and flank Christ Child, nimbed, seated on altar before pedimented retable. Behind Virgin Mary stands Joseph the Carpenter (?), nimbed, and behind Simeon stands woman, possibly Prophetess Anna, veiled, with right hand raised. Scene within initial D decorated with foliate ornament.
Margins decorated with foliate ornament.