MINIATURIST, French
(active around 1250 in Paris)

The Morgan Crusader's Bible

c. 1250
Manuscript (M. 638), 390 x 295 mm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

The tree-part miniature on folio 23v shows, above, Saul's fight against Nahash and the Ammonites, and, below, how Saul was called to be king by Samuel (left), as well as the Israelites bringing their sacrificial offerings (right).