Guillaume de Machaut, Oeuvres
A illuminated French manuscript of the poems of Guillaume de Machaut, made around 1371, probably for a noble patron, with miniatures set within columns of Gothic text. The four pictures show courtly figures in conversation and a lion beside a woman, painted in flat gold, blue and rose grounds with stylised trees and patterned diapers, offering a designer a model for medieval decorative framing, limited palettes and calligraphic initials.
