Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1500
MS M.129 fol. 44v

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Christ: Flight into Egypt, Miracle of Cornfield -- Joseph the Carpenter, carrying bundle on rod over right shoulder, leads ass upon which sits Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding swaddled infant Christ Child, nimbed. In background, soldier questions man standing beside cornfield. Scene in landscape with foliage, hills, and city.
In vignette in lower margin:
Innocents: Massacre -- Soldier, wearing armor, with sword runs through infant held in left hand. Woman, wearing headdress, kneeling, extends her arms to the infant.
Miniature and margin enclosed by gold frame.