Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, possibly Toulouse, ca. 1490
M.463 fol. 369v

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Christ: Presentation -- Prophetess Anna, holding in right hand basket with three doves, stands beside Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, with hands clasped, behind Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands raised. At left, on other side of draped altar, is Simeon, wearing miter, beneath canopy, holding nude Christ Child.
Margin is decorated with floreate border, including roses.