The Morgan Bible (also called the Maciejowski Bible or Crusaders’ Bible) is a picturebook Old Testament that was created in France in the mid-1240’s. Over time it passed through Italy, Poland, Persia, and Egypt, picking up inscriptions in Latin, Persian, and Judeo-Persian, and finally coming to rest (for now) in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. It’s in an excellent state of preservation and mostly intact; only two of the original 48 folios have been lost permanently, and only three others are at other museums.
The 43 folios at the Morgan Library are digitized and available online at an extraordinary level of quality. It’s possible to blow up images to several times their size, revealing exquisite detail.
Recreations of Morgan Bible Dresses
Two 13th-century tunics with optional sleeves on Eva’s historical costuming blog – Eva I. Andersson wrote an excellent scholarly article on sleeve shape and has recreations of many other 13th-century dresses.
Recreations of Similar Dresses
http://www.in-nova-corpora.ch/naehstube/ma_13_alltag_text.htm
https://www.misssophiesatelier.com/
Scholarly Articles
Andersson Strand, Eva. “The Perfect Picture—A Comparison between Two Preserved Tunics and 13th-century Art.” In Northern European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles X, edited by Andersson Strand, Eva, Gleba, Margarita, Mannering, Ulla, Munkholt, Cherine, Ringgaard, Maj, 4–8. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010.
Mearns, Rosalind. “Did They Really Wear That? Authenticity and the Construction of Historical Dress-ups.” In Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, volume 16, issue 1, pp. 104-128.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1550190620903314
Things I Found Along the Way But Can’t Use Yet
http://www.in-nova-corpora.ch/naehstube/ma_15_blau_text.htm
https://indumentarsemedieval.blogspot.com/2013/11/tejidos-y-maneras-de-coser-y-bordar-en.html
http://www.villaggiomedievale.com/articolo.asp?TOPIC_ID=1671