Morgan Crusader Bible Folio 13r (MS M.638)
The Morgan Crusader Bible is a set of manuscripts made for King Louis IX of France. The 46 surviving Folios tell the Old Testament tales of kings and their conquests. This folio, 13r, shows Gideon conquering the pagan Midianites and destroying their blasphemous altars. These and the other illustrations in the Bible represent the biblical figures as medieval Frenchmen through their attire and props. This is to connect King Louis IX's crusade to the Jewish kings and therefore justify any monetary or human costs.