| Title: | St. Savin - God's Creation of Eve and Her Temptation by the Serpent |
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| Notes: | Fresco on the lower north register of the nave depicting 1) God, represented by the figure of Christ with a cruciform nimbus, creating Eve and bringing her to Adam; 2) Eve being tempted by the serpent Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1040-1090 |
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| Building: | Abbaye de Saint-Savin
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| City/Town: | Vienne
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| Country: | France
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| Scripture: | Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
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| Person as Subject: | Adam (Biblical figure)
Eve (Biblical figure)
God (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | ALent01
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| General Subject: | Creation of Eve
Serpent
Garden of Eden
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 71A341
71A351
71A411
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| Permalink: |
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33111
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| Copyright Source: | image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson |
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| Copyright Permission: | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Attribution: | St. Savin - God's Creation of Eve and Her Temptation by the Serpent, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33111 [retrieved January 13, 2025]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 33111
Last Updated: 2022-06-20 18:59:54
Record Created: 2003-10-06 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Abbey of Saint-Savin, Vienne. Riou, Yves-Jean. Inventaire general, 1993. |
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