Leaf from an Apocalypse manuscript with miniatures
This is a 1340 leaf from an illuminated Apocalypse manuscript, its author unknown, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The pictures show a haloed figure seated in a red roundel framed by text scrolls, a row of saints and angels in Gothic arched niches, and a seated scribe-like figure writing beside a bird. Designers can take its flat gold halos, saturated red and blue grounds, and framing of script within medallions as a model for medieval-style layout.
