Hours of Simon de Varie
A book of hours, a prayer book for private devotion, made in the mid-1400s and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Its pages show Latin text in blocks beside small framed religious scenes, with the margins filled with flourishing vines, flowers, and small animals. The miniatures are painted in rich blues, reds, and gold leaf, so a designer could borrow the dense interlaced border ornament, the gilded initials, and the compact picture-in-text layout.
