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 Grandpré (one), Coeuvres (two), Hangest (one), and Moreuil (one), and two hybrid men.