Leaf from the Alexander Romance (History of the Great Conqueror Alexander of Macedon: His Life and Valorous Deeds and the Omen concerning his Death / Պատմութիւն մեծի աշխարհակալին Աղէքսանրու Մակեդոնացւոյ կեանք վարուց քաջութեան եւ գործք արիականք նաեւ վախճան նշանաւք)
A leaf from an Armenian illuminated manuscript of the Alexander Romance, painted in 1526 and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, with Armenian script in red and black above and below a single framed miniature. The miniature shows a haloed figure in a pink robe leaning over a crowned, bearded man in green lying on the ground, set against a diagonal green patterned backdrop; a designer could borrow its flat, tilted composition, the bold pattern fields, and the saturated pink-and-green palette.
