Noah's Flood. 14th-century manuscript illustration showing a scene from the biblical story of the Deluge. Noah,in his ark,is releasing a raven and a dove,symbolizing vice and virtue. The dove is shown returning with an olive branch. In the water,there is a dead ox and two human corpses. The raven is feeding on a dead horse,while the dove plucks an olive branch from a submerged mountain. The text is in Anglo-Norman French. This illustration is from the Holkham Bible Picture Book,produced in England in the 1320s | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / British Library |
Bildgröße: | 3673 px × 5232 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |