Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1500
M.62 fol. 61r

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Christ: Flight into Egypt -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, astride ass, holds Christ Child, nimbed. At right is Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, wearing hat, holding rope attatched to the ass's bridal. Scene in landscape setting.
Margins are decorated with floreate border, including daisies, violas, and strawberries, inhabited by two birds.