Book Title: `Biblia, ad vetvstissima exemplaria : nvnc recens castigata. In quibus, præter ea quæ subsequens præfatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincta sunt, ut numeri præfixi, lectorem non remorentur, & loca quæsita tanquam digito demonstrent ; additis, ubi res postulavit, elegantissimis figuris Hebræa, Chaldæa, Graeca, et Latina nomina virorum, mulierum, populorum ... quæ in Biblijs leguntur restituta cum Latina interpretione, ac lorum à Cosmographis descriptione

Author: Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni

Image Title: Fall and Expulsion of Adam and Eve

Scripture Reference:

• Genesis 3 (further images / scripture text)

Description: This woodcut by Virgil Solis (1514-1562) depicts the serpent tempting Adam and Eve with fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, while in the background an angel expels Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The monogram or initials of the engraver (SHF), along with an engraver’s knife, have been placed at the lower left of the image.

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