Bible
This 1450 manuscript Bible, attributed to Stefan Lochner, was produced in Cologne for a devotional readership and is held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The pictures show a historiated initial of a bearded saint in a red hat holding a sword, set in gold and green foliage, beside dense black-and-red gothic text, and a border of pink roses with green leaves and gold stems. A designer could take the rich manuscript layering of gilded ornament, tight calligraphic columns, and red rubrics against blue and green grounds.
