Leaf from a Manuscript
A illuminated manuscript leaf painted around 1460 by Maître François, a French illuminator, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The record gives no patron or text, so the leaf is best read through its image. The painting shows armoured horsemen and foot soldiers advancing across a green hill toward a walled town with towers, rendered in bright flat colour with gold accents and a sky of deep blue; a designer could take its dense, tiered composition, saturated palette, and medieval armour details for historical or fantasy work.
