![]() ![]() ![]() To see an overview of the illuminated manuscript process from beginning to end, check out a six-minute video from the J. Medieval books were created by hand by skilled artisans and craftsmen with painstaking precision, using materials found in nature. Maybe you’re wondering how these works of art were made back in the really olden days.-and how did they last so long, when it seems like paperbacks from the modern age tend to fall apart after only a few years? It’s a fun piece of technology, but in addition to seeing this incredible document in person, we’ve rounded up ways to also experience it online.įirst, get an up close and personal look at some of the incredible illustrations via the Morgan Library’s digitized version of each folio. Starting with thumbnails of each of the pages, click on any that catch your eye-you can zoom in on the colorful illustrations to see the minute details, like blood on the horses’ flanks from their riders’ spurs. With brilliantly colored illustrations attributed to seven anonymous artists, the Crusader Bible is the antithesis to today’s digital age-but that doesn’t mean that technology hasn’t caught up with this manuscript! In one section of the exhibition, pick up an iPad and hold it over any set of pages in the gallery you’re standing in-the English translations of each inscription will automatically appear and hover over the real ones. ![]() Time is running out to see the Blanton’s exhibition The Crusader Bible: A Gothic Masterpiece, before it closes April 3! This centuries-old illuminated manuscript was likely made for France’s King Louis IX (aka Saint Louis) in the 13th century, and is remarkable for its journey throughout the centuries, changing hands multiple times and inscriptions in three languages added to the pages. ![]()
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