Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve
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Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve
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Panel from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve
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Panel from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve
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Figure Studies: Standing and Kneeling Clerics and Religious, Adam and ...
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Old Testament genealogy from BL King's 395, ff. 2v-3
A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark. Image taken from ff. 2v-3 of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer Engli... More
Christ in Limbo; Christ walking down to the arched gateway to Limbo on...
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Jean Duvet - The Marriage of Adam and Eve
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Marginal decoration from BL Or 2373, f. 78v
Marginal decoration at a masoretic note marking the middle of the Book of Job and at the beginning of a chapter. Image taken from f. 78v of A portion of the Hagiographa with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~. Written... More
Detail from BL King's 395, f. 32v
Image taken from f. 32v of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England). Written in English.
Design for a Knife Handle with the Temptation of Adam and Eve
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Genealogy of the kings of England from BL King's 395, ff. 32v-33
A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII. Image taken from ff. 32v-33 of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and... More
Detail from BL King's 395, f. 3
Image taken from f. 3 of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England). Written in English.
Front binding from BL Add 14762, Front binding
Dark brown ~cuir ciselé~ binding depicting in the upper register, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, an angel defeating an evil, and a knight fighting a dragon (St George?) in the lower register. Image taken f... More
Detail from BL King's 395, f. 33
Image taken from f. 33 of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England). Written in English.
Design for a Knife Handle with the Temptation of Adam and Eve
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Detail from BL King's 395, f. 2v
Image taken from f. 2v of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England). Written in English.
Pendant Design with Adam and Eve, from Des Pendants de Cleffs pour les...
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Detail from BL King's 395, f. 1v
Detail of decorated initials. Image taken from f. 1v of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England). Written in English.
Nufayl ibn Ghawth, seated at a low desk, reads a passage from the Old...
Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.
Giovanni Boccaccio - Tinted drawing from BL Harley 621, f. 1v, illumin...
Tinted drawing of an angel expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and of Cain killing Abel. Image taken from f. 1v of Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustriu... More
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise by an angel with a (flaming) s...
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Blindness of the Jews; Peter; Paul from BL YT 31, f. 131
Miniature of a Jew holding an open book, while a devil covers his eyes and steps on his foot, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy concerning the Curse o... More
Six Ages of the World from BL YT 31, f. 77
Detail of a circular diagram of the Six Ages of the World, with an angel at the centre with outspread arms. Each of the Ages of the World is represented by an emblematic scene. First Age (from Adam to Noah): ... More
The labours of Adam and Eve - Public domain medieval manuscript
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Creation from BL Harley 616, f. 1
Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the fishes and Adam and Eve, at the beginning of Genesis. Image taken from f. 1 of Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending ... More
Blindness of the Jews; Jeremiah from BL YT 31, f. 132
Miniature of a devil covering a Jew's eyes with a blindfold, while another tries to cover his ears, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy ; miniature of J... More
Queen from BL Stowe 582, f. 32v
Miniature of pageant figures personifying the virtues expected of a queen of France, with Old Testament heroinnes gathered around a queen: Rachel, Leah, Rebecca, and Esther, with Prudence, Generosity, Justice, ... More
Parable of the Sower from BL Arundel 44, f. 70
Drawing of the parable of the Sower, interpreted as the fruits of virginity, chastity, and conjugality, likening the virgins to the hundredfold fruit, the chaste to the sixtyfold fruit, and the married to the f... More
skulptur (apostel) av trä, Sweden
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Christ in a chariot from BL YT 36, f. 129
Detail of a miniature of Christ in a chariot with Evangelist symbols, and Adam and Eve. Image taken from f. 129 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) wa... More
Detail: Fall from BL YT 20, f. 1
Tree of the Knowledge, and the serpent encourages Adam and Eve to eat the fruit, at the beginning of the Bible Historiale. Image taken from f. 1 of Bible Historiale, 1st part (Genesis-Maccabees). Written in Fre... More
Expulsion from Eden from BL YT 31, f. 89
Detail of a miniature of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by an angel with a sword, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 89 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Wr... More
Detail from BL King's 395, f. 2
Detail of miniature and genealogy. Image taken from f. 2 of Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England). Written in English.
Flight into Egypt and the Massacre of the Innocents from BL Royal 1 D ...
Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Flight into Egypt in the upper register, and the Massacre of the Innocents in the lower register. Image taken from f. 3 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written... More
Blindness of the Jews; Augustine, Ambrose from BL YT 31, f. 133
Miniature of Augustine holding a scroll; miniature of a Jew holding an open book while a devil covers his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; min... More
Adam and Eve in Paradise from BL Eg 912, f. 10
Miniature of Adam and Eve in Paradise, at the beginning of Paulus Orosius's Histoire Ancienne. Image taken from f. 10 of Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains. Written in French. The Egerton Manu... More
The Magi from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 2
Detail of a miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Magi before Herod. Image taken from f. 2 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the R... More
Boccaccio with Adam and Eve from BL Royal 18 D VII, f. 6
Detail of a miniature of Boccaccio writing, with Adam and Eve standing before him. Image taken from f. 6 of De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes). Written in French. Th... More
Fall of Man from BL YT 31, f. 88v
Miniature of Adam and Eve being chastised by God in the Garden of Eden, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 88v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (... More
Old Testament figures from BL Harley 4940, f. 51
Diagram showing Old Testament figures, etc. Image taken from f. 51 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library i... More
Creation scenes from BL Harley 4412, f. 2
Coloured drawings of Creation scenes at the beginning of Genesis: of the creation of birds and fishes, animals, and Adam and Eve, with added arms in the lower margin, and added inscription in the upper margin ... More
Creation of Eve from BL King's 395, ff. 1v-2
Miniature of the creation of Eve, with foliate border and foliate initials, and a diagram of the the descendants of Adam and Eveat the beginning of a genealogy from Adam and Eve to the Kings of England. Image t... More
Christ in a chariot from BL YT 36, f. 129
Miniature of Christ in a chariot with Evangelist symbols, and Adam and Eve, and Dante and Apollo before Parnassus. Image taken from f. 129 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Ya... More
Blindness of the Jews; Daniel; Malachai from BL YT 31, f. 134
Miniature of the prophet Daniel holding a scroll; miniature of a Jew holding a scroll while a devil stretches a blindfold over his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Ol... More
Blindness of the Jews; Jacob from BL YT 31, f. 133v
Miniature of a Jew holding an open book while a devil attempts to cover his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; miniature of Jacob holding a scro... More
The Harrowing of Hell; Purgatory, Limbo, and Hell from BL YT 31, f. 25...
Four miniatures of Christ's descent into hell. Bottom left: miniature of the Harrowing of Hell, as Christ delivers the souls of Adam and Eve from the hell-mouth. Upper right: miniature of three souls chaine... More
Harrowing of Hell: the liberation of the Old Testament saints
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God commanding Eve to love Adam from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 127v
Miniature of God commanding Eve to love Adam. Image taken from f. 127v of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as th... More
Blindness of the Jews; Bernard; John from BL YT 31, f. 132v
Miniature of Bernard holding a scroll; miniature of a Jew holding an open book while a devil covers his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; minia... More
Six Ages of the World from BL YT 31, f. 77
Circular diagram of the Six Ages of the World, with an angel at the centre with outspread arms. Each of the Ages of the World is represented by an emblematic scene. First Age (from Adam to Noah): the expulsi... More
Detail: Creation and fall from BL YT 20, f. 1
Miniature divided into eight arcades showing scenes from Genesis: in the top four God divides the earth with compasses; makes the sun with a hammer; bends down to put a large fish in the sea as various beasts ... More
Decorated headpiece and initials from BL Harley 5542, f. 1
Decorated headpiece and initials, and title in display capitals. Image taken from f. 1 of Tetrastichs on the New and Old Testament (ff. 1-45), Arsenius's 'Apophtegms' (ff. 46-118v), and Ignatius's 34 Tetrastich... More
The Magi from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 2
Detail of a miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Adoration of the Magi. Image taken from f. 2 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as t... More
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 128
Miniature of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, sitting beneath a tree grown from one of the branches of the Tree of Knowledge. Image taken from f. 128 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Mo... More
The fall of man: Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good a...
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Adam and Eve from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 128
Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, sitting beneath a tree grown from one of the branches of the Tree of Knowledge. Image taken from f. 128 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Sai... More
Blindness of the Jews; Gregory from BL YT 31, f. 131v
Miniature of a Jew holding an open book, while a devil distracts him from reading, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy concerning Aaron's rod; miniature... More
Arms of Edmund from BL YT 47, f. 105v
Shield in the lower margin with the standard of Edmund: Eve and Adam (labeled 'Eva' and 'Adam' in the margin) with the serpent and the Tree of Knowledge, with a flag and a lamb holding a cross within its branch... More
Detail: Fall from BL YT 20, f. 1
An angel with a sword drives Adam and Eve from the garden, and in the final scene Adam uses a spade, Eve spins with a spindle, at the beginning of the Bible Historiale. Image taken from f. 1 of Bible Historiale... More
Coloured drawing from BL Harley 1782, f. 1v
Coloured drawing of the Original Sin, with Adam and Eve on either side of the tree. Image taken from f. 1v of Passion poem. Written in Cornish. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval man... More
Detail: Creation from BL YT 20, f. 1
God bends down to put a large fish in the sea as various beasts look on, and draws Eve from the rib of sleeping Adam, at the beginning of the Bible Historiale. Image taken from f. 1 of Bible Historiale, 1st par... More
Decorated initials from BL Harley 1037, f. 119v
Decorated initials 'T'(he) with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 119v of Summary of the Old Testament, imperfect. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscrip... More
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 128
Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, sitting beneath a tree grown from one of the branches of the Tree of Knowledge. Image taken from f. 128 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Sai... More
Scenes from Genesis from BL Add 27210, f. 2v
Full-page miniature, upper right: Adam naming the animals (Gen. 2:19-20), upper left: the Creation of Eve, the Temptation, lower right: the Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, lower left: Noah, his family and the anima... More
Fall of Man from BL YT 31, f. 88
Miniature of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent; miniature of Adam and Eve eating from the tree, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 88 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose vers... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Adam and Eve from BL Royal 20 C IV, f. 8, illumin...
Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve with a serpent and the Tree of Knowledge. Image taken from f. 8 of De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes). Wri... More
Blindness of the Jews from BL YT 31, f. 134v
Miniature of a Jew pointing to an open book while a horned devil with webbed feet covers his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, in Matfré Ermeng... More
God commanding Eve to love Adam from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 127v
Detail of a miniature of God commanding Eve to love Adam. Image taken from f. 127v of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also... More
Temptations of Christ from BL Harley 1527, f. 18v
Miniatures of the Temptations of Christ, with their moralisations below of the Temptation of Adam and Eve by the devil. Image taken from f. 18v of Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moral... More
The Creation: God forms Eve from Adam's rib (6th of 7)
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September from BL Royal 2 B II, f. 5
Miniature of a man making wine, in the calendar for September. Image taken from f. 5 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Colle... More
Historiated initial from BL Harley 5021, f. 2
Historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis, with the scenes of Creation in roundels and God in pointed squares, foliate motifs and grotesques, followed by display script. Image taken from f. 2 of Bi... More
Genesis from BL Harley 7621, f. 1
Historiated initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning), of the Original Sin, at the beginning of Genesis. Above the initial word, Adam and Eve are depicted under a tree holding apples, while the snake is... More
Illuminated initial from BL Lansdowne 454, f. 226v
Illuminated initial 'T'(obie) at the beginning of Tobit. Image taken from f. 226v of Old Testament, the later Wycliffite version, imperfect (Genesis to Psalms). Written in English.
Days of Creation with Adam and Eve cycle and Crucifixion from BL Royal...
Miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Cru... More
Bishop from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 21v
Historiated initial ‘I’(udicare) of a bishop. Image taken from f. 21v of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists... More
September from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 13
Calendar page for September with an inhabited initial 'KL' and two medallions, of two men treading grapes, and of Libra. Image taken from f. 13 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL... More
December from BL Royal 2 B II, f. 6v
Detail of a miniature of a pig being slaughtered, in the calendar for December. Image taken from f. 6v of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known ... More
May from BL Royal 2 B II, f. 3 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of a man hawking, in the calendar for May. Image taken from f. 3 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, con... More
Bishop from BL Royal 1 D X, ff. 21v-22
Historiated initial 'I'(n domino) of a bishop, at the beginning of Psalm 10, and two foliate initials 'S'(alvum) and 'U'(squequo), at the beginnings of Psalms 11 and 12. Image taken from ff. 21v-22 of Psalter (... More
Adam and Eve, and Noah's Ark from BL Harley 4996, f. 5v
Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark. Image taken from f. 5v of Speculum humanae salvationis. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts he... More
December from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 14v
Calendar page for December with an inhabited initial 'KL' and two medallions, of three men feasting, and of Capricorn. Image taken from f. 14v of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL ... More
Creation and fall from BL YT 20, f. 1
Miniature divided into eight arcades showing scenes from Genesis: in the top four God divides the earth with compasses; makes the sun with a hammer; bends down to put a large fish in the sea as various beasts ... More
Adam and Eve and Annunciation from BL Sloane 2605, ff. 16v-17
Miniatures forming a diptych with Adam and Eve and the Annunciation, accompanied by angels and the Marriage of the Virgin in the frame, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from ff. 16v-17 o... More
April from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 10v
Calendar page for April with an inhabited initial 'KL' and two medallions, of a man holding a flower, and of Taurus. Image taken from f. 10v of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Ro... More
Detail from BL Burn 215, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 1 of Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v). Written in Latin.
Christ from BL Royal 20 B IV, f. 146v
Detail of a miniature of Christ revisiting souls of John the Baptist, Adam and Eve in Paradise. Image taken from f. 146v of Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur... More
Fall of Lucifer and typological scenes from BL Arundel 120, ff. 4v-5
Coloured drawings of the Fall of Lucifer, the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Marriage of Adam and Eve, and the Temptation, at the beginning of the Speculum humanae salvationis. Image taken from ff. 4v-5 of Specu... More
Third Temptation of Christ from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 52v
Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Temptation of Christ, with a devil holding a scroll inscribed 'DIC UT LAPIDES I' (Mt. 4:2), and Christ holding a scroll inscribed 'VADE RETRO SATANA', at the be... More
Detail from BL Lansdowne 1175, f. 53v
Miniature depicting God in heaven telling Moses (with horns), Aaron (a bishop with crozier and mitre), and an attendant, all standing before an altar, to instruct the Children of Israel in proper forms of sacri... More
The expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise by an angel with a sword
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The Creation: God forms Eve from Adam's rib (6th of 7)
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Samuel anointing David from BL Royal 1 D X, f. 32
Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of Samuel anointing David, at the beginning of Psalm 26. Image taken from f. 32 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript C... More
Text page from BL Harley 2805, f. 75v
Text page with large initial 'E'(t factum est postmortem Moysi servi Domini) at the beginning of Joshua. Image taken from f. 75v of Bible, the first half of a pandect containing most of the Old Testament (Genes... More
The Creation: God forms Eve from Adam's rib
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God as Salvator Mundi, making a blessing gesture and holding an orb, w...
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Adam and Eve discover their nakedness; they cover themselves with thei...
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The Creation: God forms Eve from Adam's rib (1st of 3)
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Eve persuades Adam to take some of the fruit
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