Gospel Book
A Byzantine manuscript gospel book of about 1250, the work of unknown illuminators, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum and made for liturgical reading. Its evangelist portraits show seated writers in blue and grey robes against gold leaf grounds, with carved wooden desks and lecterns. A designer might take the flat gold backgrounds, saturated blue and ochre drapery, and the contemplative poses of the writers as a model for devotional or heritage-style layouts.
