Two Leaves from a Gospel Book
This is a pair of leaves from an illuminated Gospel book, probably made around 1000 and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, with its maker unrecorded. The pictures show framed scenes in painted architectural borders on parchment, with gold-haloed figures and warm earth tones; a designer might take the strong frame patterns, the flat blue skies, and the stiff, expressive poses for medieval-inspired layouts.
