Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

In Epistolam Joannis ad Parthos tractatus decem
France, ca. 1540-1550
MS M.1124 fol. 1r

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Adam and Eve: Fall of Man -- Adam, nude, raising right hand palm out, covers genitals with left hand, and Eve, covers genitals with right hand and extends with left hand, fruit toward Adam. They flank tree bearing fruit and entwined with serpent, head rubbed.
Scene in landscape, enclosed by initial M.