Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 15v

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Adam and Eve: Fall of Man -- Adam and Eve, clothed, walk before angel, nimbed, wingless, holding sword in raised left hand, standing at gate of Paradise with crenellated wall, behind which are trees. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with gold and geometric ornament, and single gold leaf at each corner.
Illustration of Genesis 3:23-24.