Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 84v

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Christ: Presentation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, supports with both hands nude infant Christ Child, with crossed nimbus, seated on draped altar. They are flanked by man, wearing hat; Prophetess Anna (?), wearing headdress, holding basket with doves; and Joseph the Carpenter. On opposite side of altar stands Simeon of Jerusalem, wearing bishop's miter, with draped hands extended. Scene in interior of temple, with tile floor and leaded-glass windows.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament. In lower margin is helmeted soldier, seated astride horse, holding banner with arms of Sivry (barry of twelve argent and azure an estoile or).