Q13a - Architectural frames

[davidjackson]

I've been saying for years that the illustrator was influenced not only by manuscript tradition but by his surroundings.
Whether it be the Germanic calendars that influenced the zodiac signs, the portable vademecums that influenced the fold-outs, the religious sculptures that influenced the nymph design: JKP's loges image above fits into this theory nicely.

Seriously, as soon as you move away from pure manuscripts and start looking at the surroundings of a north western European educated man of the early to mid 15th century, you start seeing all these influences that fit nicely into the VM.