Morgan Bible
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The Morgan Bible, also called the Morgan Picture Bible, Crusader Bible, Shah Abbas Bible or Maciejowski Bible, is a unique medieval illuminated manuscript. It is a picture book Bible of which 46 folio
The end of the story of David and Absalom
A Siege, Samuel crowns Saul king, and they sacrifice together.
"The Israelites are repulsed from Ai" (fol. 10r)
Louis IX of France
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Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole king of France to be c
Morgan Bible
…some insight into one of the most powerful men in Europe. The book has traditionally been thought to have been created in Paris in the mid-1240s for Louis IX of France. A suggestion by Allison Stones, expanding on conclusions by others such as François Avril, that it was instead illuminated in northern France around…
Contemporary depiction from the Bible of St Louis, c. 1250
San Luis, Rey de Francia (English: Saint Louis, King of France) by Francisco Pacheco
Pope Innocent IV with Louis IX at Cluny
Detail of stained glass window, depicting St. Louis, created by Leopold Lobin