The Flesh and the Word: The Political and Theological Implications of the Bibles Moralisées

Authors

Anna C. Siebach, Brigham Young University
Dr. Jesse Hurlbut, Brigham Young University

Keywords

political, theological, Bibles moralisées, text, image

College

Humanities

Department

French and Italian

Abstract

At the beginning of the thirteenth century, around 1220-30, Blanche of Castille commissioned a Bible the likes of which had never before been produced. This bible, now known as Vienna 2554, consisted of four verses per page, each one linked with an exegetical gloss of the biblical text. Down the center of the page ran two columns of medallions, each one representing the text—whether biblical verse or gloss—placed next to it. With this manuscript began the royal tradition of the Bibles moralisées, a group of seven existing manuscripts, all based on the same theological and practical design.

Recommended Citation

Siebach, Anna C. and Hurlbut, Dr. Jesse (2013) "The Flesh and the Word: The Political and Theological Implications of the Bibles Moralisées," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 773.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/773