Cutting from a gradual
A cutting from a gradual, a liturgical choir book, painted around 1450 by the Master of the Murano Gradual, probably in Italy for use in church services. The single picture shows a bearded bishop in a mitre and blue cloak with a gold-patterned robe, holding a crozier-like staff and a red book, set inside an oval with gold ground and red and green scrollwork; a designer could take its jewel-toned palette, gold leaf haloing, and ornate border cartouche.
