Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1390-1400
MS M.141 fol. 68v

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Christ: Flight into Egypt -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding swaddled Christ Child, crossed nimbus, is astride ass. Looking back toward Virgin Mary, Joseph the Carpenter, nimbed, walks at head of ass, carrying draped staff over right shoulder, holding reins (?) with left hand.
Miniature in framed barbed quatrefoil. Initial D with foliate ornament. In margins, rectilinear bars with foliate ornament.