Four cuttings from a Cistercian antiphonal (see Ms. 44)
A set of four cuttings from a Cistercian antiphonal, a choir book of sung liturgy made around 1260, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The pictures are illuminated initials filled with interlaced blue and red scrollwork, leaves, and dragon-like creatures, with a small angel, a mounted knight, and a figure with a shield in the corners. A designer could draw on the dense, rhythmic vine patterns and the bold blue-and-vermilion palette used to frame text.
