The Maciejowski Bible (Morgan MS M.638)

Judges 20:29-35, wherein the people of Israel invaded the city of Gibeah, f. 16v.

Colloquial name(s): The Maciejowski Bible, The Morgan Bible, The Crusader Bible.

Official name(s): Pierpoint Morgan Library, MS M.638 (first 43 folios), Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294 (2 folios) and J. Paul Getty Museum MS 16 (1 folio).

Date: c. 1240s (source) or c. 1250s (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: The Morgan Library and Museum (Morgan M. 638), The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (one folio of MS Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294)

The Maciejowski Bible is an illustrated bible of 46 folios, each consisting of a pair of high-quality, full-page illustrations. Over its lifetime it has gained marginal inscriptions in Latin, Perisan, Arabic, Judeo-Persian and Hebrew. It is a valuable resource for medievalists as it contains many illustrations of mid-13th C dress and armour.

Descriptions of each page's illustrations are available here and on each folio's page - accessible by clicking on individual folio's images here.