Meseia

Inside the image.

The cover is a square composition with a mostly black background. A tall, narrow arched window occupies the right-hand side, rising from near the bottom edge almost to the top. Its pale interior is divided by a dense black criss-cross lattice, which forms repeated diamond shapes inside a dark, rounded frame. The window appears photographed: its edges are slightly uneven and shadowed against the surrounding darkness.

Behind the lattice is a small, brightly coloured stained-glass figure. The figure has a round, pale face, yellow hair or a halo-like yellow area around the head, and dark garments with patches of red, blue, white and yellow. One arm extends towards the right, where a narrow yellow object rises beside it. Below the figure is a blocky arrangement of coloured glass panels in blues, greens, yellows and pale tones. The lower part of the window is mostly pale, with a dark horizontal sill or frame beneath it. The image is dim overall, but the window and figure stand out sharply from the near-black field.

Large blue serif lettering reading “Meseia” sits on the left, around the vertical middle of the cover. Beneath it are several compact lines of much smaller text, centred and set in pale lettering. A further small block of text appears lower down, near the bottom-left quadrant. The text is visually subordinate to the title and window; some of the smallest lines are difficult to read at this size. The cover combines a photographic image of the window with typeset text, leaving broad black negative space around both elements.