Cutting from a Choir Book
A cutting from a choir book, a single leaf of illuminated manuscript attributed to the Master of the Osservanza, made around 1430, probably in Siena for a religious community's liturgical use. The picture shows a mitred bishop in green and pink robes pouring water over a kneeling, haloed figure with hands pressed in prayer, set against a plain violet wall with arched windows. A designer might take the flat gold halos, the layered green and rose drapery, and the simple architectural framing as models for decorative religious imagery.
