Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1490
MS S.1 fol. 42v

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Christ: among Doctors -- Christ, as young boy, with rays as nimbus, sits on raised chair with carved pinnacles, gesturing. Around him on curved benches sit six doctors, including two hooded, two holding open books with pseudo-inscription, and two with joined hands. Two books, including one closed and one open with pseudo-inscription, are on tile floor. Joseph the Carpenter and Virgin Mary, with rays as nimbus, enter through doorway at left. Scene in temple with vaulted ceiling and leaded glass windows.
Margins with vinescroll and floreate ornament.