Leaf from a French, probably Breton, Book of Hours, written on vellum, with arch topped miniature showing the Flight of the Holy family into Egypt.

Leaf from a French, probably Breton, book of hours, written on vellum in an accomplished book hand.
RECTO: 3 lines of text , one 3-line capital, three 1-line capital and 4 line fillers, all-in burnished gold and colors.
An archtopped miniature showing the Flight of the Holy family into Egypt (120 mm by 70 mm.)
Joseph stepping out briskly to the right, turning to look back at he donkey, carrying the Virgin and the Child. Attended by a girl with a basket on her head.
Set in a green landscape and a vague castle in the background.
Three lines of text and a 3-lines high initial “D” in burnished gold and colors.
In the bottom border (bas de page)a small miniature showing the medieval apocryphal legend of “the mower”
King Herod sent his soldiers after the Holy family to capture them. When the soldiers passed a field, they saw a farmer cutting corn,
When they questioned him, he told them that he saw the family pass on the day , when he was sowing the corn
But……. the farmer sowed his corn in the morning, and miraculously was able to harvest in the evening of the same day, what he sowed in the morning
So the soldiers, disappointed, returned home.
This scene is rarely found in book of hours,

VERSO: Text page, surrounded by full borders in colors of acanthus leaves and flowers as on recto
15 lines of text, one 2-line, and four 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold and colors, full borders as on recto.