Derick Baegert, ‘Crucifixion,’ Dortmund, ca. 1475. Propsteikirche, Dortmund. “Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography,” by Sara Lipton, Metropolitan Books, 416 pages, $37 Those ...

When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...

“The Crusader Bible: A Gothic Masterpiece.” Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday (third Thursday of the month open until 9 p.m.) through ...

“Joshua rescues the city of Gibeon from the five kings (top), who are then captured and humiliated (bottom),” Crusader Bible (13th century) (courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum) Two incredible ...

Manuscript of “Two Leaves from the Mirror of Human Salvation” formerly used as a book cover (Germany, late 14th century), ink and pigments on medium weight, cream-colored parchment (courtesy the ...

If the Bible were written today, locust swarms and fire storms would be replaced with traffic jams, nuclear weapons, and the fast food industry. And perhaps, as Brazilian designer Gustavo Piqueira ...

The Middle Ages spanned the period between two watersheds in the history of the biblical text: Jerome's Latin translation c. 405 and Gutenberg's first printed version in 1455. The Bible was arguably ...

The Getty Museum will keep eight brilliantly illustrated table of contents pages from a 750-year-old Armenian Bible after settling a long-running lawsuit brought by an American branch of the Armenian ...

PHOENIX – Scribes with quills in hand were once the conduits of history, connecting ink to vellum, painstakingly preserving the records of the world. Then, in the 1400s, the printing press virtually ...

Israeli officials recently put a unique 14th-century Bible on display just a year after it was bought for a seven-figure sum. The National Library of Israel announced its display of the Shem Tov Bible ...