Canon tables from the Zeyt'un Gospels
A thirteenth-century Armenian illuminated gospel manuscript of canon tables, made in 1256 and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, with arcaded architectural frames for concordance lists of the four Gospels. The pages show dense geometric and interlace patterns in blue, red and gold, plus birds, peacocks and flowering plants, which a designer could draw on for repeat patterns, panel layouts and medieval colour palettes.
