Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, Rouen, or Tours, ca. 1520
MS M.290 fol. 39v

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Christ: Flight into Egypt -- Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, holding sack with right hand over left shoulder, and staff with left hand, walks at head of ass. Nude Christ Child, crossed nimbus, is held by Virgin Mary, nimbed and wearing knotted headdress, sitting sideways on the ass.
Scene in landscape with palm tree, and with walled city in distance.
Margins decorated with border of foliate and sculptural ornament in cama³aeu including two rams butting heads.