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circa 1250, France, possibly the northern counties, or even Paris. Also known as the Crusader Bible, also known as the Morgan Picture Bible, the Maciejowski Bible, and the Shah ‘Abbas Bible, ranks as one of the incomparable achievements of French Gothic illumination.

 

http://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/exhibitions/online/m638_23v_0.jpg?itok=5tx0AhCY

 

See the online exhibition - http://www.themorgan.org/collection/Crusader-Bible/thumbs

 

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Several years ago my sister-in-law and I and a musician friend of hers went to the Morgan, which is just a few blocks from where my sister-in-law and her husband live in NYC. Her friend and I were dumbstruck by the fact that in all the years Mary lived in the city, she had never been there. I hadn't been in years, but went once or twice when I was still in college.

Sadly, the link for the online exhibition for the "Crusader Bible" seems to be broken.... Oh wait, the link gets you to the main page for the library (with a note saying it's a bad link -- but hunting around got me to the "Online Exhibitions" page: http://www.themorgan.org/online-exhibitions

and then this is the link for the Bible itself: http://www.themorgan.org/collection/Crusader-Bible

Note that there's also links for several other online exhibits, including one called "Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland".

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