Cutting from a choir book
A cutting from a choir book made around 1450 by Francesco di Antonio del Chierico, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, probably for liturgical use in a church or monastery. The picture shows an illuminated initial with gold leaf and blue and pink foliage, enclosing two small scenes: a tree on a hillside above a nude figure seated by water with head in hand. A designer could draw on the interlaced scrollwork, gilded borders and jewel-like palette for decorative framing.
