Cutting from an Antiphonal
A painted manuscript cutting from an antiphonal, a choir book of sung liturgy, attributed to Master B.F. and dated 1495, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The single picture shows a bearded old man in a long brown robe gesturing with a staff beside a seated younger figure in blue sleeves working at a low bench, with a half-built timber structure rising behind them. Its oval frame, muted greens and ochres, and crisp outlined figures suggest a designer could borrow the framed vignette layout and the earthy palette for a historical or devotional theme.
