10. Eve's Penance in the TigrisCodex Vindob. 2980, Folio 28v, 136 x 87 mm. Placed before l. 1011 and illustrates ll. 1026, 1057-1059.
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How Eve stood in the River Tigris and wanted to do penance for her sins.Text
So she departed and went until she found the river. It was called the Tigris. She stood in it upon a stone all alone, and the cold water reached up to her neck. . . .Eve stood in the water for eighteen days doing her penance without a word (to anybody) while fasting with pitiful lamentation. (1020-1026, 1057-1059, Translation by Halford, 1984, p. 255)Analysis
"Eve is naked and standing up to her waist in the Tigris with arms outstretched. In front of her three groups of circles break up the blue and white horizontal lines, which represent water, as though they were waves. . . .According to both the source and the text the protoplasts stood up to their necks in the water. The illustrator evidently felt it was more important to be able to differentiate the figures clearly." (Halford, 1980, p. 18)Bibliography
Halford, M-B. Illustration and Text in Lutwin's Eva und Adam: Codex Vindob. 2980, Goppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik, 303; Stuttgart: Kummerle Verlag, 1980.Halford, M-b. Lutwin's Eva und Adam, Goppingen Arbeiten zur Germanistik, Goppingen: Kummerle Verlag, 1984.