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The "Bibles Moralisees" are by far the richest and most complex attempt at biblical illustration ever undertaken. Seven of them survive today, made primarily for the kings and queens of France between the early 13th and late 15th centuries. John Lowden's two-volume study brings new material to light and offers a wholly new approach to understanding the Bibles, which contain literally thousands of figures. Volume I, based on exhaustive codicological analysis, considers the making and the later history of use of the manuscripts. Volume II investigates the treatment of one portion of the Bible, the Book of Ruth, and discusses broad questions of the relation of biblical art and biblical knowledge. Together the two volumes challenge conventional wisdom about both the Bibles moralisees and the relationship of word and image in mediaeval culture.
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