Flight into Egypt (fol. 98r)

Original object type: Artefact
Title: Flight into Egypt (fol. 98r)
Description:
The Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child make their way to Egypt through a hilly landscape, Mary and Christ seated on an ass. On the background one of Herod's soldiers is questioning a farmer by a field of quickly-ripened wheat. The border is decorated with birds, a snail, strawberries, thistles and periwinkle.
Context: Hours of the Virgin: Vespers: Deus in adiutorium meum intende
Date range: [ca. 1440-1460]
Date: 1450