# Bible Historiale [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, French]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Manuscript \(Royal Ms. 19.D.II\) 420 x 285 mm \(folio size\) ## Commentary Bible Historiale 1350s Manuscript \(Royal Ms. 19.D.II\) 420 x 285 mm \(folio size\) British Library, London This massive manuscript is decorated with 93 miniatures. It belonged to John II of France \(reigned 1350-1364\) and was captured from him when he was defeated by the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. The miniature on folio 5v, shown here, depicts God creating the animals and Adam. ## Related artworks - [A History of Western Saints]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Aristotle: De Interpretazione]() - [Aristotle: Works]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Belleville Breviary]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() - [Bible moralisée]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()