At a Glance
- Exhibition
- The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible
- Dates
- March 6 through June 6, 2004
- Museum
- The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016
- Listing type
- Exhibition
- Description
The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible used medieval works from the Morgan and The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, to explore ways in which Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures used storytelling to define themselves and their values. The Picture Bible—one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts produced in thirteenth-century France—was disbound for conservation and study, offering visitors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view twenty-six of the book's pages in a single exhibition.
