Iconography

ERANOS ARCHIVE

6. Symbolism of the Snake

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / The Fall and Expulsion / The Serpent seduces Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:1-6) / Serpent with serpent head

Further details

Artist or creator

anonymous

Date

12th century - 13th century

Location

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 935

Book, text or document (source of image)

Hildegard von Bingen. Series precum ad singula Dei et Christi opera, quae figuris pictis repraesentantur, se referentium. 12th century.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Hildegard-Gebetbuch. Faksimile Ausgabe des Codex Latinus Monacensis 935 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek. Kommentarband, Wiesbaden 1987.

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