Dedication Page (colophon), with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Saint Louis Bible (Moralized Bible or Bible moralisée) – Smarthistory

Dedication Page (colophon), with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Saint Louis Bible (Moralized Bible or Bible moralisée)

Bible of Saint Louis (Moralized Bible), c. 1227–34 (France, probably Paris), 37.5 x 26.2 cm (The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, MS M.240, folio 8; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

This visually dazzling manuscript helped lift King Louis IX to sainthood. A dedication page shows the book’s illuminator at work.