Two miniatures from a Book of Old Testament Prophets
A manuscript of Old Testament prophets, illuminated around 1300 and held by the J. Paul Getty Museum; its anonymous artist worked in tempera and gold leaf on parchment, likely for devotional reading. The three miniatures show winged angels guiding figures, a chariot team pulling forward, and armoured soldiers on horseback in a walled setting. Designers can draw on the flat gold-ground compositions, layered blue and red drapery, and narrative friezes that read like storyboards.
