Nycolaus de Lyra, Postilla super Ieremiam, Danielem, in Machabaeorum et Iudith
This is a hand-coloured manuscript of Nicholas of Lyra's biblical commentary, made in 1393 and held by a Swiss library, probably for clerical readers studying the scriptures. The pictures are crude, brightly tinted woodcut-style scenes of crowned rulers, figures in striped and green costume, and bearded men in procession, with Latin captions above and below. A designer might take their bold outlines, flat ochre and green washes, and the lively gestures of the stock figures.
