3-041-177 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Rejection of Joachim and Anna's Offering; Leaf from a Book of Hours, about 1410-1430. Additional Info: This magnificent leaf is from an otherwise lost manuscript that may have never been completed, as the leaf features unfinished Miniature on both sides. The front of the leaf likely depicts the refusal of the offering of Joachim and Anna at the Temple. According to Christian legend, when Joachim and Anna approached the Temple with an animal sacrifice on a feast day, they were turned away by the high priest, based on their childless, and therefore, unfavored state in the eyes of God. The story is represented as an elaborate scene of chaos and disruption, with figures, animals, and complex architecture weaving around the text and the sides of the page to its center. Attributed to the Rohan Master or immediate circle.