Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
A Flemish illuminated prayer book (Book of Hours) painted around 1525 by Simon Bening in Bruges, made for Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, a German prince-archbishop. Its pages mix gold-ornamented Latin text with full-page miniatures of scripture scenes and courtly settings in saturated paint. A designer can take from them the framed initial letters, dense gold tracery borders, and jewel-toned palettes of late medieval manuscript painting.
