Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus after Recognizing Them (folio 40 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
A kneeling man in an orange robe with a yellow shawl looks up at a standing woman wearing a blue head covering and purple dress holding a child in a green shirt. The woman and child stand in an archway. Several other men in brightly colored robes are to the right. A tree grows from a low wall behind them on the right. A man and a dog are on the left. A block of Arabic writing appears on a tan background at the top.
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