Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Lyon or Amiens, ca. 1450-1460
MS M.1066 fol. 75r

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Christ: Flight into Egypt -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, holding Christ Child in swaddling clothes, rides sideways on bridled ass, led by Joseph the Carpenter, with left hand carrying staff on left shoulder.
Scene in landscape setting with trees, buildings (castles or cities), and windmill, all within arched gold frame.
Margins with foliate border.