Showing posts with label J. Paul Getty Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J. Paul Getty Museum. Show all posts

Thursday, 7 April 2016

Psalter (J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14)

Man warming himself by a fire, surrounded by provisions, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter
Official name(s): J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14, also known as object no. 85.MK.239

Date: mid-1200s (source)
Origin: Bruges (?), Belgium (source)

Online facsimile available via: J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Database

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

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)