Leaf from the Missal of Innocent VIII
A Latin liturgical manuscript leaf made in Italy in 1484 by Giuliano Amadei for a papal missal, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The picture is a painted crucifixion in a gilded arch with a decorative border of foliage and small figures at the right, showing the Virgin in blue, Mary Magdalene kneeling in red at the cross foot, and a rolling landscape behind. A designer could take the saturated blue and red against gold, the flat tight border ornament, and the arched framing device.
