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Kirche[n] Gesäng : aus dem Wittenbergischen vnd allen andern den besten Gesangbüchern, so biss anhero hin vnd wider aussgangen colligirt vnd gesamlet ; In eine feine richtige vnd gute ordnung gebracht, vnd auffs fleissigest, vnd nach den besten exempla

Author: Wolff, Johann, 1564-1573

Image Title: Fall and Expulsion of Adam and Eve

Scripture Reference: Genesis 3

Description: The serpent tempts Adam and Eve with fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, while in the background Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden after eating the tree’s fruit. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is still faintly visible at the bottom right corner of the woodcut.

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