Bibles Moralisées

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Bibles Moralisées

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…in a series of magnificent Bibles Moralisées (books of excerpts from the Bible accompanied by moral or allegorical interpretations and illustrated with scenes arranged in eight paired roundels, resembling stained glass windows) done probably for the French court c. 1230–40. In England the new style appears in numerous manuscripts—for instance,…
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…in a series of magnificent Bibles Moralisées (books of excerpts from the Bible accompanied by moral or allegorical interpretations and illustrated with scenes arranged in eight paired roundels, resembling stained glass windows) done probably for the French court c. 1230–40. In England the new style appears in numerous manuscripts—for instance,…
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