Psalter
A devotional psalter, made anonymously around 1420, probably for a private patron's prayers, and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The first picture is a close view of an acanthus-leaf initial in blue, green, gold and red on gold ground, while the second is a full manuscript page with a large historiated initial, dense Latin columns and border sprays of leaves and flowers. A designer could take the interlaced foliage, gold-leaf grounds and bold colour pairings as models for ornamental pattern and border design.
