Livre des fais d'Alexandre le grant
A fifteenth-century French manuscript of the Livre des fais d'Alexandre le grant, a prose life of Alexander the Great, produced around 1470 and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Its pictures are small framed miniatures set in dense gold-and-floral borders, showing crowded courtly scenes of armoured men, tents, walled towns and rich interiors. A designer might borrow the tight framing, jewel-coloured palette and ornate border patterns for historical or fantasy work.
