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Synopsis
The Morgan Picture Bible was designed to bring selected Old Testament stories into the 13th-century, the time of its original audience. The creators' original intention was to make these stories not only powerful and meaningful, but as appealing and entertaining as possible by placing biblical heroes in contemporary castles, cathedrals, and other daily settings.
This milestone publication marks the first time this manuscript has been presented to the public unbound and so makes the same stories powerful and informative for today's museum visitor. The volume is beautifully illustrated, evoking the color and richness of the original.
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About the Author
Dr. William Noel is Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum and an expert on the late medieval illuminated manuscripts of northern Europe. He has organized manuscript exhibitions both in the United States and in Europe Dr. Daniel Weiss is Dean of the Faculty of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University and is the world's leading authority on the Morgan Picture Bible. Other contributors include: Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith of Cambridge University; Roger Wieck, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at The Morgan Library; Kelly Holbert, Assistant Curator for Medieval Art at the Walters; Cathleen A. Fleck, Visiting Assistant Curator of Manuscripts at the Walters; Richard Leson, Hall Curatorial Fellow at the Walters; C. Griffith Mann, Zanvyl Krieger Curatorial Fellow at the Walters; Stephen Fliegel of the Cleveland Museum of Art; M. Shreve Simpson, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Center for Visual Arts of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.; William C. Jordan, Professor of History at Princeton University; Gary Vikan, Director of the Walters.
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- PublisherWalters Art Museum
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0911886540
- ISBN 13 9780911886542
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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The Book of Kings: Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible
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ISBN 10: 0911886540
ISBN 13: 9780911886542
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Paperback. Condition: VG+. Navy blue cloth with gold lettering; color-pictorial dj with blue spine; 223 pp. with color and bw images throughout, numbered in various ways. Includes 7 scholarly essays on various aspects of the Bible; catalogue from the exhibition held at the Walters, with beautiful images, a checklist and much more. "The Morgan Picture Bible was designed to bring selected Old Testament stories into the 13th-century, the time of its original audience. The creators' original intention was to make these stories not only powerful and meaningful, but as appealing and entertaining as possible by placing biblical heroes in contemporary castles, cathedrals, and other daily settings." Contents as follows: Preface / Roger S. Wieck -- Foreword / Gary Vikan -- Portraying the past, illuminating the present : the art of the Morgan Library Picture Bible / Daniel Weiss -- The Morgan Picture Bible and the art of narrative. Picturing the Bible in the thirteenth century / C. Griffith Mann -- Picturing the world in the thirteenth century / Kelly M. Holbert -- Louis IX, the Picture Bible, and culture of crusading. The politics of war : France and the Holy Land / Jonathan Riley-Smith -- The art of war : thirteenth-century arms and amor / Stephen N. Fliegel -- The rituals of war : departure for crusade in thirteenth century France / William Chester Jordan -- The reception of the Morgan Picture Bible. The first icongrapher of the Morgan Picture Bible / William Noel -- Shah 'Abas and his Picture Bible / Marianna Shreve Simpson -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Cathleen A. Fleck and Richard A. Leson -- The Morgan Library Picture Bible on exhibition -- Catalogue and checklist -- The Bible in the Middle Ages -- Medieval storytelling -- Art and society in Northern France -- The Morgan Picture Bible and Louis IX -- Model warriors for a medieval king -- Medieval armor in the Morgan Picture Bible -- David : a model king -- The Morgan Picture Bible at the court of Shah 'Abbas. Seller Inventory # 173010
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