Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Haarlem, 1445-1460
MS M.1031 fol. 43v

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Christ: Flight into Egypt -- Within initial B, Virgin Mary, veiled with wimple, is seated sideways on ass, holding Christ Child, cross as nimbus, possibly touching Virgin Mary with hand.
Margins decorated with border of foliate ornament and bunches of twigs.