Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, Amiens, between 1280 and 1299
MS M.729 fol. 293v

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Eve: Creation -- Adam, nude, reclines on the ground with trees and plants, and Eve emerges from his side, raising her joined hands toward Christ-Logos, pearled nimbus, raising His right hand and holding a book in His left hand. Scene within Gothic architectural frame decorated with cusps of foliate terminals, six French heraldic shields, including Count of Grandpr³b (one), Hangest (one), and Moreuil (one), and two hybrid men.