Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1490
MS S.1 fol. 36v

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Christ: Presentation -- Joseph the Carpenter, holding cage in right hand and lighted candle in left hand, and Prophetess Anna, wearing elaborate headdress, holding lighted candle in right hand, stand with Virgin Mary, with rays as nimbus, holding in her arms partially draped nude Christ Child, with rays as nimbus. Before Him kneels Simeon of Jerusalem, with hands extended. Scene in temple with arches, columns, curtains, tile floor, and draped altar with retable and lighted candles in candlesticks.
Margins with vinescroll and floreate ornament.