Presentation in the Temple from BL Stowe 12, f. 242v

Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Mary, accompanied by Joseph bearing gifts, presenting Jesus to the priest Simeon, with a partial bar border including a grotesque whose hood grows into a foliate extender, at the beginning of the reading for 2 February, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, also known as Candlemas. Image taken from f. 242v of Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary'). Written in Latin.