Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 37r

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Upper vignette:
Christ: Return from Egypt -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, stands beside Joseph the Carpenter, wearing hood, carrying bundle on stick over right shoulder, holding in his left hand the right of hand of Christ Child, raising left forefinger. Scene in landscape setting, within architectural frame.
Lower vignette:
David: communicating with God -- From cloud emerges half-figure of Christ-Logos, rays as nimbus, wearing crown, addressing David, crowned, kneeling with joined hands raised, beside harp on ground. Scene in landscape setting, within architectural frame.
Caption between vignettes reads, DAVID PUIS Q(UE) SAUL FUT MORT RETOURNA EN IERUSALEM JESUS AUSSI AP(RE)S LA MORT DE HERODE FUT EN IERUSALEM.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including violas, inhabited by fantasic animal.