Leaf from Ms. Ludwig II 7
A leaf from an Armenian illuminated gospel manuscript made in 1615 by the scribe and painter Mesrop of Khizan, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The painting shows a haloed figure pouring water over a nude man standing in a river, with an angel and a figure holding a dish at the right; a designer might take its flat gold halos, saturated blues and reds, and framed arched architecture as a model for sacred narrative layouts.
