Fifteenth century

The creation of Eve.

From: Bible historiale of Guyart des Moulins
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 19 D III

Source: The internet is a place of theft. And I was a notorious thief here. Shame on me, but I will make amends if I ever have EEBO access again. But life out here is hard for the unaffiliated academic.

First posted on Twitter on 21 December 2014: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Bible historiale of Guyart des Moulins, the work of its first makers and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from British Library, Royal MS 19 D III. Copied into this book the twenty-firſt day of December, 2014. Finis.

Cite the original
Bible historiale of Guyart des Moulins.
British Library, Royal MS 19 D III.

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