Is there anywhere that I can buy a copy of the Maciejowski Bible, similar to Christian Tobler's In Service of the Duke? I'm not interested in the translation, just the pictures, if that helps....
There is an older out-of-print book that can still be acquired on the used market:
Old Testament Miniatures: A Medieval Picture Book With 283 Paintings from the Creation to the Story of David by Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, John Plummer
It's huge. I love my copy. It often lists for $75+ but can be found cheaper.
There was also a limited printing done years ago that is much more rare and expensive but is leather bound and in a slipcase. When you can find a copy, it may be over $2,000.
Old Testament Miniatures: A Medieval Picture Book With 283 Paintings from the Creation to the Story of David by Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, John Plummer
It's huge. I love my copy. It often lists for $75+ but can be found cheaper.
There was also a limited printing done years ago that is much more rare and expensive but is leather bound and in a slipcase. When you can find a copy, it may be over $2,000.
Thanks Chad, that's precisely what I was looking for.
| Addison C. de Lisle wrote: |
| Is there anywhere that I can buy a copy of the Maciejowski Bible, similar to Christian Tobler's In Service of the Duke? I'm not interested in the translation, just the pictures, if that helps.... |
I discovered in my library a very nice facsimile of the Bible, although, according to the Library of Congress, it is called
Title: Die Kreuzritterbibel = The Morgan Crusader Bible = La Bible des croisades.
Parallel title: Morgan Crusader Bible
Parallel title: Bible des croisades.
A copy of this facsimile, which is of amazing quality, may be on the market. I have no idea of it's value. But, I do work with illuminated manuscripts, and I can attest this is a nice facsimile. If you want to see if your local libraries have a copy, here is the Library of Congress info to help you search.
Library of Congress call number: ND3355.5 .P54 K74
and ND3355.5 .P54 K74 Commentary
Publication info: Luzern : Faksimile Verlag ; New York :Pierpont Morgan Library, c1998-1999.
Physical description: [46] p. : col. ill. ; 41 cm. 1 commentary vol. (542 p. ; 29 cm.).
General note: Title from colophon.
General note: Published in a single edition limited to 980 copies. Library's copy is 927.
General note: Facsimile issued in a clear acrylic case.
General note: Commentary vol. by Daniel Weiss.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references ( commentary p. 39-40).
Facsimile recreation of the picture Bible of Saint Louis, the complete manuscript, of which 43 sheets are at the Pierpont Morgan Library, N.Y. (MS M.638); 2 sheets are at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Ms. nouv.acq. lat. 2294); 1 sheet is at the Jean Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (83.MA.55).
Language: In Latin, with manuscript annotations in Persian and Judaeo-Persian; commentary in German.
Thanks for the heads-up, but I ended up buying the copy that Chad suggested, and it's in excellent condition. I'm so glad to have it!
| Addison C. de Lisle wrote: |
| Thanks for the heads-up, but I ended up buying the copy that Chad suggested, and it's in excellent condition. I'm so glad to have it! |
I'm glad you found a copy. I find the images more powerful when seen as a book. I have really enjoyed looking at it.
Maybe this has been posted elsewhere (but I didn't find it in a search). There are 86 pages of the Maciejowski/Morgan Bible online here, in *very* high resolution. I highly recommend finding the full screen button (at the bottom of the viewer).
http://www.themorgan.org/collections/swf/exhibOnline.asp?id=200
http://www.themorgan.org/collections/swf/exhibOnline.asp?id=200
| Adam Rose wrote: |
| Maybe this has been posted elsewhere (but I didn't find it in a search). There are 86 pages of the Maciejowski/Morgan Bible online here, in *very* high resolution. I highly recommend finding the full screen button (at the bottom of the viewer).
http://www.themorgan.org/collections/swf/exhibOnline.asp?id=200 |
This is brilliant! This is an amazing resource for people all over. The detail in the close-up is amazing. Definitely something that I'll be referring to often.
Thank you for posting!
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