Work of Art Record 21773

Adam and Eve, Fall of Man, misericord, Simorre, Saint-Cérase, Sequence: Jouée.

Record No

21773

Collection

The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords

Inventory Number

Sequence: Jouée

Location

France, Occitanie, Simorre, Saint-Cérase

Date

15c.

Subject Headings

Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve, Fall of Man
Book
Monk
Serpent
Eve
Adam

Description

Adam and Eve, Fall of Man (bench end panel) and Monk -- Adam, nude, with right hand holding fruit and with left hand holding fruit extended in right hand of nude Eve, both between Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil around which is wound human-headed serpent. Two monks, wearing cowls, holding staffs, one reading from book (the other with head missing).

Notes

Sequence: Jouée

Citations

BLOCK Elaine, Corpus of medieval misericords, France, Turnhout, 2003, p. 64.

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