Cutting from an antiphonal
A cutting from a choir book, an antiphonal, painted around 1460 by Frate Nebridio for use in church liturgy, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The picture shows two haloed saints in profile facing each other against a red patterned ground with gold leaf and blue-green robes, one holding a palm frond and a sword. A designer could take the dense gilded red damask backdrop, the jewel-toned robes with their gold-hem details, and the formal pairing of profile figures within an ornamental initial letter.
