The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents The Crusader Bible: A Gothic Masterpiece, an exhibition of over forty unbound pages from the one of the most celebrated French illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. On loan from the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, the Crusader Bible features Old Testament scenes in medieval settings, with brilliantly colored illustrations attributed to seven anonymous artists. To provide historical context for the Bible, the presentation features medieval arms and armor from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Also included are sixteenth-century Persian illustrations from the Metropolitan and the Ardashīr-nāma, a seventeenth-century Judeo-Persian manuscript of Old Testament stories from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. Read more.
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Saul defeats the Ammonites, is crowned by Samuel, and peace offerings are made, MS M.638, fol. 23v, The Crusader Bible. The Morgan Library & Museum, Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1916
Shirt of Mail (13th-14th century), Nuremberg © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A joyous landing for Noah’s ark detail), MS M.638, fol. 2v, The Crusader Bible The Morgan Library & Museum, Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1916
Shah Ardashir with the Loveliest Maids of the Kingdom (17th century), Shāhīn, Iran, MS 8270, fol. 13r, Ardashīr Nāma. Courtesy of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Joshua Defeated at Ai (detail), MS M.638, fol. 10r, The Crusader Bible. The Morgan Library & Museum, Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1916
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