Bible Historiale, vol. 2
A French illuminated manuscript volume of the Bible Historiale, produced around 1360 for a lay patron in France and now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Its three pages show small framed miniatures set in dense Gothic text, with gold leaf, patterned blue and red grounds, and decorative marginal vines. A designer could draw on the diapered backgrounds, the tight framing of scenes within initials, and the ornamental borders as a model for layered text and image.
