R. Sale > 10-03-2020, 10:10 PM
I've recently run into some illustrations that reminded of an older investigation.
Many of the earlier examples of medieval illustrations show various backgrounds with different patterns. There is one pattern of particular of interest to VMs investigations.
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There are several illustrations in BL Royal 16 G. VI that add to the example above. f352v, f360, and f440v
This ms. is a version of
Chroniquesde France ou de Saint Denis produced in Paris between 1332-1350
Additionally there is an illustration in Yates Thompson 10 f.20 with a similar background and an interesting cloud band.
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This is an Apocalypse MS from Paris c. 1370-c. 1390. It also contains an Agnus Dei image, with certain similarities to the one from Liege (BNF Fr. 130996, but also with obvious differences.
The cumulative timeline shows the use of this pattern in Paris in the 1300s, and in the Netherlands in the early 1400s, and that would probably be the Duchy of Burgundy. And while the provenance overall is not highly specific, it is an independent factor and it does clearly include, rather than exclude, the sphere of Burgundy - post 1430 hypothesis.