Work of Art Record 47040

Record No

47040

Collection

The Gabriel Millet Collection

Inventory Number

Millet No.: 1.F259.8

Location

Italy, Florence: Biblioteca Laurenziana

Date

11c.

Subject Headings

Adam and Eve, Fall of Man

Notes

Folio contains eleven scenes divided into four registers: a. Naming of the Animals; b Creation of Eve; c. Temptation of Eve; d. Eve Persuades Adam to Eat the Fruit; e. The Four Rivers of Eden; f. Adam Eats the fruit; g. Covering with Fig Leaves; h. Stork Nose-diving to his Nest; i. Denial of Guilt by Adam and Eve and Curse; j. Expulsion; k. Mourning after the Expulsion

Citations

Weitzmann, K., The Byzantine Octateuchs (1999), II, pp. 328-331, pl. 1-5

Bernabò, M., "Tre studi recenti sulla miniatura bizantina," Miniatura, V-VI (1993-1996), pp. 107-108

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