The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Eve ( - )

References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 654 Deformatio Angeli, Adamum et Evam gladio flammeo e Paradiso fugantis. 8 Anamorphic picture of the angel, banishing Adam and Eve from Paradise with a flaming sword.
MS The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 75960 Arboris paradiseæ prohibitæ species ex ligno elaborata, sub qua Adamus & Eva collocantur, ex ligno itidem confecti; inter ramos contorquetur serpens, ad Evam pomum aureum ore ex arbore porrigens. Wooden model showing the forbidden tree of the Garden of Eden, under which Adam and Eve, also in wood, are placed; the serpent winds itself around the branches and, from the tree, holds the golden apple out to Eve in its mouth.