Fragment with Madonna of the Apocalypse and John the Evangelist from the Gradual of St. Katharinental (Thurgau)
A fragment of a Swiss illuminated gradual from about 1312, made for the Dominican nuns of St. Katharinental in Thurgau, now held as a digitised manuscript by e-codices. The first picture shows gilded ground with a sun-faced figure in draped green and red robes and a red-and-green flower motif, while the second shows two kneeling nuns in black habits beneath gold arches with a ruler scale below. A designer might take the gold-leaf grounds, the flat tempera palette of red, green and ochre, and the arched frames as models for ecclesiastical borders.
