Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1473
MS M.677 fol. 48v

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Psalm 008 (Vulg., 008):
Adam and Eve: Fall of Man -- Eve extends apple, held in left hand, to Adam, extending right hand toward apple. Both figures are nude. Figures flank Tree of Knowledge. Behind tree, fountain is placed between two rivers, suggesting four Rivers of Paradise.